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r- -3&J?tt c-pg&ii.? 10 THE SONDAY OKfifeONIAN, PORTLAND, AKIfIL 29; 1900. h l SAFE FOR REPUBLICANS SURE TO WIN IN THIS CITT AND COUNTY. The Parly Nearer United Than (or Tear The Altered Fnaion on "CHlaena Ticket. The campaign In Portland and Mult nomah County, center of political Interest for the state, opens sluggishly. It Is In marked contrast to the excitements and bitter struggles of 1S96. and to the stir and bustle of 1SSS. Just as much Is at stake now as then. A full state ticket Is not to be chosen, as In 183S, but the parties are lining up for the Presidential campaign in the Fall, and the advantage of the pre liminary victory, is great. Two state otn cers. a Congressman In each of the dis tricts, a Legislature that Is to name a "United States Senator, and county offl cers, are to be voted on throughout the state, and In Portland a municipal elec tion adds to the Importance of the con test. The reason for the absence of life and strenuous activity In this city Is not far to find. It lies In the one-sidedness of the contest. The Republican party, -whose usual majority here Is overwhelming. Is more nearly united than It has been for sir years. The McBiide-Mltchell faction, as an organized and formidable fighting force, has practically dis appeared. The shattered fragments etlll exist, and ere not recon ciled to the situation. They are able to rally a few votes, but they are In them selves Impotent. Joined to other -forces opposed to the Republican party," they are entitled to consideration as an ele ment In determining the result In this county. Tho normal Republican majority In Multnomah County Is from 5000 to 6000. McKlnley carried It In 1S36 by 5000, and Ger for Governor In 1S5S by a plurality of S700 over King. It may be admitted that these contests both represent high tide In the party's strength- but with the Increased vote and the absence of nny sources of friction, there seems to be no reason why the candidates for Su preme Judge and Food and Dairy Commis sioner this year shall not do full as well, and perhaps even better. Probably the most accurate test In 1S98 of the votes In the parties was on State Treasurer. There were only two candidates, Moore (Rep.) and Booth (Fu0. There was no especial local or personal reason why each should not receive the full vote of his party. The result In the city and county was as fol lows : County. City. Moore fRep) JW S326 Booth (Fus.) ) 4547 3736 52S7 4570 This was about the average Republican majority. It will Illustrate the very for midable undertaking before the opposition this year In tho enterprise of defeating the Republican nominees. It must overcome a two-to-one vote. In the county, two years since, several McBrlde-Mltchcll can didates were successful, but they then bad behind them an aggressive and des perate party organization, and they were vastly aided by the withdrawal of any candidates whatever on the Democratic ticket. In other words, there was perfect fudon for the county officers between the Democrats and so-called ontl-SlmornteS, and all the other "forces opposed to the Republican party." Foe the Lower House of the Legislature there were three tick etsRepublicans. anti-Simon and fusion end every candidate on the former was elected. This year the Democratic differences have not been fully healec? But the' have been able to unite on a county and city ticket. There is no MUchell-McBride 01 ontl-SImon Urt of candidates as euch. But there are independent candidates for sev eral county offices and an Independent " candidate for Mayer. There latter are pretty much the same lot of gentlemen who ran two years ago on a regularly nominated ticket. Then they had, be sides, the benefit of the free-silver sup port, and they pulled through by a few votes, when they pulled through at all. Now the Democrats are going It alone, ex cept on the Legislative ticket, and the finish of these self-nominated candidates Is easy enough to gueep. For tho Legislature there has been the semblance of union under the guise of a "citizens' ticket." It is an orphan. No body acknowledges it. It does not excite the sympathy or enthusiasm of the Dem ocrats or Populisms. Their support will be lukewarm. Republicans are certain to bo reasonably well united as to the can d'dates for the Legislature, because the results of their defeat would be likely to extend beyond county and state Into the Notion. A Republican Senator Is to be chesen. and no Republican who wants a Republican Senator elected will fall to vote tho Legislative ticket. That Is the way Republicans generally feel about It, and that Is the reason Democrats and their few McBride-MttchelMte allies know that tho fight for their ticket as a whole Is hopeless. Therefore they will endeavor to adopt the policy of plugging for one or two candidates on the State Senatorial ticket In the effort tp get romethlng out of a cond'tlon 00 clearly adverse to them. The Storey candidacy for Mayor Is re garded as fcrlous by very few persons. He will not poll many votes. Competent Judges believe that there will be ns many Democrats among his supporters as Re publicans. Storey's candidacy represents himself only. It !s the undoubted purpose of Republicans generally to give Mr. Rowe their cordial support, and In that casj there can be no question of his election by a large plurality. As for the rest of the Republican city ticket. It Is rafe. Tho Council candid3dco. however, are in sev eral of the wards pretty badly mixed. A Defenae of Vnln Repetitions. North Yamhill Record. The people and preis who find so much fault with Mr. Bryan "for repeating" cer tainly are not very deep thinkers. Sup pose Mr. Bryan does repeat, the same peo ple do not hear him but once, then truth can stand any number of repetitions: If not, these fault-finders should throw away their Blbler, secular literature, dic tionaries, etc. for these all repeat time after time. Have not the Republican party always leaped onto the old "chest nut" of saying "we saved the Union," "we keep up the old soldiers pensions." end the like every campaign since 3? One must be endowed with a peculiarly masterly (?) mind who believes It the mis sion of anyone making hundreds of speeches to that number of audiences to advance new ideas each time. Mr. Bry an is endeavoring to lay before the peo pie a well-defined lln-- of essential politi cal Ideas, and therefore presents the same thoughts In virtually the sams words to each audience he meets. As far as en tliusiarm is concerned there Is no question but that Mr. Bryan was received with more enthusiasm than any other man In the Union could possibly have drawn from the people. Everywhere he spoke the crovus were enormous. Even our present President could not draw a larger crowd. Xo Vice-President for Iowa. Chicago Times-Herald. Tha suggestion of Senator Allison and Representative Dolllvcr as Vlce-Preslden-tlal candidates meets with no favor In Iowa. The newspapers for the most part refuse to consider Senator Allison seri ously In that connection, believing that he would bo content only with the Presi dency. The general Idea Is expressed by the Keokuk Gate City, which says he will "probably take warning by the ex ample of John Sherman, who was tempted out of the Senate and then elbowed out of public life, and is as discontented and unhappy as any man In American. Sen ator Allison is too wise a man to repeat this experience. Ha will remain Senator, we dare say. until" he dies. That la a greater career than any other that could come to him." Nor Is It regarded as probable that Dol- liver would accept a nomination. The Iowa Stats Register gives two reasons tor Its belief. "First, his election as Vice- President would undoubtedly defeat the re-election of Colonel Henderson to the Speakership. Second, he can better serve the state and Nation In his present posi tion, and his friends would undoubtedly object to his being retired from Congress to fill the Vice-President's chair." The Register's contention Is that an Iowa Congressman clearly outranks tea Vice President In Influence In the nffalrs of the Nation, and "Iowa leadership will not be content with an honor already equaled. It asserts that the Republicans of Iowa cannot afford to encourage a Congress man to accept the Vice-Presidency while Henderson Is Speaker of the House. A Coming and a Going?. The St. Helens News has the following to say about the expected votes to be given McBride by the fusion Legislative candidates of Columbia County: "For the last 15 years in the election of State Representatives and Senators the greater pressure has been brought to bear when there was a United States Senator to elect. The fight this year Is no excep tion! While the News Is antl-lmpcrlallst. yet It has a certain Inherent pride In the senior Senator from Oregon. First, be cause he Is an American: second, because Columbia County is his home. This par- QUADRENNIAL UNCLE SAM It la donable pride for McBride, however. Is not strong enough to lead us to support the Republican nominee for Representative, who Is a pledged McBride man, when we remember that Clatskanle's candidate Is Interested In the county teat question. It Is firmly believed that If Merrill should be elected a county seat fight will be pre cipitated. "Columbia County is not ready for-such a fight, not that we. of St. Helens, fear the result at all, but because It will fores the erection of costly buildings and ex penditures at the county seat t!mt need not be made for several years. The bur den of taxation Is heavy enough without this county seat fight. McBrlde's friends at St. Helens are between the devil and the deep sea so far as the Republicans are concerned. However, should Mr. Slaughter be elected, we feel satisfied that If It comes to a choice between two Re publicans, he will cast his vote for the Republican who can do Oregon the most good. What can be said of Mr. Slaughter for Representative may be said also of our candidate for Joint Senator, Judge Alex Sweek, of Portland, as against Ben jamin Cornelius, of Hlllsboro, the pledged antl-McBrlde man. Judge Sweek was born and raised In Washington County, Is a very able man, a graduate of Forest Grove College, has held places of honor and truet, and has given good satisfaction as referee In bankruptcy for the United States Courts for Oregon. Vote for Slaughter for Representative and Sweek for Joint Senator." Temperance nnd Prohibition. Forest Grove Times. The pirty moit Interested In the cam paign of the ProhlbltlonlMs Is the Demo cratic party. The Prohibition campaign gave them the Presidency In l&M. and whenever a Prohibition ticket ha ap peared In the field It lias always contrib uted to the success of the Democratic rarty. There were thousands of Good Tcmplare In this state a few years ago and they were building up a strong tem perance sentiment. In the rural communi ties' more especially, until some visionaries concluded that the time was ripe for lVohlbltlon, and took the organization In to politics as the handmaid of the Prohi bition party, and today you can almost count the lodges In the state on your fingers, and the membership will not ex ceed a few score. It requires a little more than a good cause and a determined pur pose to carry an election. Advised tn Iimore. Hood River Glacier. The state conventions have been held and the platforms of the different parties are printed In another column. The cam paign will be a short one, from now till the 4th of June. The Democrats and Popu lists and Silver Republicans have again fused. This was hardly expected after their disastrous campaign of two years ago. It would seem that this was the proper time for the Democrats to go It alone, and take chances on all opposition to the Administration coming to their standard. The Republican platform Ig nores the Port Rican tariff question, which. It may be. the party In Oregon con siders settled. Democrats would be wise If they would Ignore the money ques tion, which seems to be more firmly set tled than the tariff In our new possessions. Who Told It for a Fact! Albany Democrat. As nearly as tho Democrat can learn from fair sources. Congressman Tongue, of this district, has practically no standing at Washington, and never would have 11 kept there for n century. The very first thing he antagonized a section of the coun try by his 111-timod remarks. When the Yaqulna bill came before the committee, on which there were members from that section, they remarked that they would drop that asked for by Mr. Tongue, and It was dropped. Tills la told the Democrat for a fact. A Democrat Not Fooled by Snlaer. Klamath Falls Express. The Idaho Investigation 'has been a ter rible blow for the labor union. Instead of proving military usurpation of power, it has been shown that the mining unions there were little better than Molly Ma gulre murder associations, and that only the military prevented behavior that would have shaken the country with horror. POPULIST PET THEORIES THEY HAVE GONE A GLIMMERING. Initiative and Referendum Only a Populist Doctrine, Not a Fopullat Practice. Chehalis Bee-Nugget. 'What would the Populist press say about it if the members of the Republican State Central Committee and the chairmen of the county central committees of the vari ous counties of the State of Washington had assembled at Ellensburg or Spokane and selected eight delegates to the Repub lican National Convention at Philadelphia? We can imagine the Tugwells, the Charley Clines, the Calllsons. the Bannisters and Blethens spewing out columns of Italicized and capitalized, double-leaded denuncia tions of the Harroaltes, the minions of the trust, the abject slaves who would allow their liberties to be trampled upon by a clique of scheming, designing Republican politicians. And if only 12 of the members of the State Central Committee and four of the chairman of the county central committeemen had gotten together, with out even making an' effort to hold a con vention of the people In their home coun ties, and proceeded to select the delegation to the National convention at PhlladeL CYCLONE. nlmost upon as, boyat phla, our pen cannot describe the Indigna tion that would have swelled the bosoms of the Journalists of reform at the robbery of the people's rights. But suppose that L P. Cal'lson. who Is secretary of the Populist State Central Committee, and 15 others who hold posi tions of authority In the different counties of Washington, delegated to them by the Populists of their counties, had, without the formality of county conventions, as sembled and chosen 12 delegates to attend the Populist National Convention at Sioux Falls, would that have made any differ ence? Would It not have been Just as bad as If the Republicans had done It? We cannot see why It would not, and that Is what has Just happened; and the IS have gone further, and Informally turned over to the Democratic party managers the remains of the once mighty Populist party., members of the committee giving out that an arrangement had been made whereby It would probably be found unnecessary to hold a Populist convention this Fall. In tho "convention" at Spokane Mon day, a motion was made to district the state Into 12 districts uid proceed to elect the delegate In the regular way by means of district conventions, but this motion was opposed by such true reformers as "Farmer" Todd. Judge WInsor and Fish Commissioner Little, who said that there was lack of time and a dearth of Interest In the party, and that primaries and coun ty conventions were expensive. Shades of the Initiative and Referendum! "Where are we at" In this, the third year of the reign of William McKlnley, the plutocrat? ROOM FOR RUT ONE MOUTH. Rnnnlnar Mate With an Affile Jaw Bone for Bryan. Detroit Journal. "Think of Bryan and Dewey traveling together over the country In the samo car." said Champ Clark, of Missouri. "Think of Bryan and Dewey on the rear platforms before applauding crowds! Think of Dewey simply showing himself, and Bryan doing the talking!" The gleeful chortle of the Hon. Champ Clark Is bound to reverberate from the sand dunes of the Lower California coast to the pine-clad hills of Maine. If there be an antl-cxpanslonlst whose lungs aro aweary from denouncing Imperialism, It Is the same tuneful Champ Clark'. His horror at the thought of this country's taking into Its fold the far-away Philip pines bus ever been something pitiful to behold. In season and out he has chanted In mournful meter the downfall of the Republic as a consequence cf Dewey's staying In Manila Bay after he had de stroyed the Spanish fleet. Now he puck ers up his lips to sing to the praises of Dewey. He wants us to go Into ecstacy over the prospect of seeing Dewey and Bryan on the same ticket. He adjures ua to 'think" of Bryan and Dewey "trav eling together." Of Bryan and Dewey "on the rear platform before applauding crowds." Of "Dewey simply showing himself and Bryan doing the talking." Why, bless his heart we couldn't con jure any other kind of a picture. We couldn't possibly Imagine that Dewey would be permitted to do more than show himself on a rear platform with Bryan. He might make a holy show of himself, but In the matter of talk ing Bryan would arrogate to himself the sole privilege of doing it alL In fact Mr. Bryan couldn't even climb on to the lower step of a rear platform without pushing his voice In front of Dewey. It would be a great team no doubt. The calliope leading the circus parade. CHOOSING A VICE-PRESIDENT. A Desire to Go West of Ohio Inatead of Eaat. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Several "movements" have been no ticed whose object Is to All tho second place on the Republican ticket. A man of capacity is needed, one who measures Up to the higher position to which sev eral Vice-Presidents have been called. But thero Is no need to reach a foregone conclusion on the subject. It, might be well to leave tho matter to the conven tion. That body will be composed of about 1000 Republicans from all parts of the country, and their comparison of notes will be valuable. There la but ono opin ion among Republicans as to the head of the ticket, and the convention will be unanimous on that point. In regard to the Vice-Presidency, the people are thinking the matter over, and, on the wnoie, are disposed to refer It to the convention, where It properly belongs'. The people send their representatives there to settle all uncertain points In nominees 4and platform, and expect delegates to get a firmer and more comprehensive grasp of conditions and details than are possible to other members of the party. A new political element must be reck oned with in the coming Republican con vention, and it has been developed by the growth of the country. States that were once called the West are now more prop erly grouped with the Eastern section. Ohio Is next to a state an the Atlantic seaboard. Geographically and otherwise It belongs to what may now be called the East. If the nominee to run with McKln ley comes from the region west of tne Mississippi the ticket will be well bal anced. A strong man from one of the Pacific states would be a suitable selec tion. It Is for the convention Itself to weigh the adjustment of the ticket to the whole country. Opinion upon these considerations has not yet taken a defi nite form, but the time Is at hand to give them due deliberation. Most of the Vlce Prcsldentlal booms have presupposed that, as the President comes from Ohio, his running mate must hall from one of Its neighboring sections on the East. No doubt the convention will decide this mat ter In an Intelligent and up-to-date man ner. A Waste of Oratory. Chicago Tribune. A writer In the Washington Star Is -worried because there may be no one at tha Kansas City convention who will be prop erly qualified to present the name of Mr. Bryan. This apprehension Is not unrea sonable. A serious difficulty will stand In the way of the orator to whom will fall the duty of electrifying the delegates by suddenly and unexpectedly naming Mr. Bryan for first place on the ticket. He will be expected to dwell for at least 20 minutes on the virtues of his candidate without mentioning his name or giving his bearers a chance to guess his Identity. "And fellow citizens," he will have to say, as he swings his arms and sweats, "what are the qualifications of the great man whom I am about to propose for this high office for this position, carrying with It. as It does, greater responsibili ties and vaster powers than are vested In any princely potentate on earth?" Then some caitiff In the gallery will yell that he has talked more and traveled farther than any other man that ever wanted to be President, and what will be the result? Everybody In the hall will know that Bryan Is the roan who Is to be named at the climax of the orator's effort. The ex pectant attitude of the delegates will van ish. There will be no further mystery about It, and thus the whole effect of the proceeding will be spoiled. What encouragement can there be for a great oratorical effort under such cir cumstances? And this serious state of affairs Is not going to exist at Kansas City only. The nominating orator at Philadelphia will be up against the same discomfiting proposition. Gorman as an Intervleiver. Philadelphia Press. Of all the politicians of this generation none has a larger reputation for reserve than former Senator Arthur P. Gorman, of Maryland, who Is again taking a prom inent part In Democratic politics. Senator Gorman applies to public affairs the fa mous rule of the great soldier who said that the art of war consisted In finding out what the enemy Intended to do. Mr. Gorman is affability Itself to the newspa per men that crowd around hlm'for Infor mation, but It Is a standing joke among them that he does all the interviewing himself. Every Summer Senator Gorman goes to Saratoga for several weeks. One evening Judge Grubb, of Delaware, remarked: "Senator Gorman, you and I have been coming to this hotel now. for nearly a dozen years, and every Summer when I get back home I find that I have told you everytnlng I know, whereas you never tell me a thing." The Senator smiled and so did those about him, for they appreciated that the Judge had given a capital description of Mr. Gorman. "Will De Sorry He Came. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. When Bryan reads the news, early In June, of the big Republican victory In Or egon, he will realize the folly of his re cent Visit to that stae. He made several speeches in Oregon, and his dupes throughout the country have great hopes on that account that the state will go Democratic in the election a few wceYs hence. When they find, the day after the voting, that the Republicans have gained the state by a large majority, they will see that their champion Is going to have the same sort of luck that he had four years ago, only more so. It would be bet ter for Bryan If he had pretended he did not care how Oregon would go, and had kept away. from that state until the elec tion was over. Croker's Hard Task. New York Tribune. Mr. Croker wound up the machinery to keep his puppets dancing while he was ab sent, but there appears to be a screw or two loose In the mechanism, and some of them are kicking about with gesticula tions of independence truly alarming. So Croker will come back with the Ides of Mayand try to restore order and discipline before the Kansas City convention meets. He may say with Ulysses that It is "long labor unto aged breath," and may even go so far as to wish with Mayor Van Wyck that he "was out oflt nil." with some privilege of. repose and peace fur his declining years. If bo, he could be ac commodated with no Injury to the public service. A Query to Fnslon Popollata. Dallas Observer. Mr. Fusion Populist, how do you like your experience of being used as a cat's paw to rake chestnuts out of the politi cal fire In the shape of offices for the Democratic party? And how do you like the boast of your friends and allies, these same Democrats, that there are- no Popu lists left but Mlddle-of-the-Road Popu lists? And, further, how does the present Democratic attitude toward you compare with that of the time when your party stood second In Orecon In point of votes cast for state officers? A Deflnltlon Wanted. Kelso Journal. A good Republican would like to havo seme Democrat or Populist, well versed In Demc-Pdp principles, define the dif ference between a Populist and a Bryan Democrat. The reason for this Inquiry Is this: Many heretofore Populists say they are Bryan Democrats, while Bryan Demo crats deny being Populists, and. Indeed, cannot And language strong enough In which to express their contempt for a "Pop." A Wind Extractor. Kansas City Star. "Tho Hon. Web Davis." says tho Buffa lo Express, "appears to have taken the wind completely out of the soils of th'e Hon. Billy Mason." If that Is true, Web should be encouraged. Perhaps he may also take the wind out of Pettlgrew. Lentz and the other blatherskites who are ranting about the Boers. If he will silence that lot of Jawsmlths he will be more than an entertaining orator he will be a public benefactor of largo caliber. Klncald Is Bitter. Eugene Journal. The Lane County delegation disregarded the Instructions of the county convention to vote for Hon. S. L. Moorhcad for Joint Senator and voted for and nominated a member of the Mitchell combine. Refer their treachery to Tongue. Ho says he does not "regard consistency as the most exalted of virtues." Perhaps he will re gard broken pledges and treachery "as the most exalted of virtues. POLITICAL MELANGE JDEAS FROM DIVERSE AND VARI OUS SOURCES: What Republicans, Democrats, Pop- ultata and Fnatonlats" Think of Each Other .and Situation. Only about 1000 voters have registered In Baker County. The Republicans of Spokane are going to build a large campaign wigwam. The La Grande Journal thinks the Pro hibition convention was a milk and water' affair. The MIddle-of-the-Roaden are now corn ing in for abuse by the" Democratlc-Popu-llfit fusionlsts everywhere. The Roseburg Review thinks In "union there Is strength." hence Its suDDort of Job-lot candidates on a "union ticket." David B. Hill refuses to come out for Dewey. One trouble with Hill is that he Is too far In to be able to come out for anybody. . The Roseburg Review says: "Register now If you wish to vote for Bjyan next November." There are better reasons than that for registering. John R. McLean has in some way ac quired the Impression that the McLean MEN .IN THE PUBLIC EYE SENATOR GEORGE F. HOAR. family Is entitled to some great National honor. It is necessary to disenchant him about once tn four -years. Scratch a Dewey roan and you will find either a Gold Democrat or an antl-McKln-lcy Republican. Neither class are nu merous enough to make a President, re marks the Baker City Democrat. The election of Mr. Bailey to the United States Senate from Texas will necessitate his reconciliation to the use of evening clothes. Even Texas would not stand for a. Senator In a business suit at a full-dress event. Oregon Democrats reaffirm the Chicago platform, which Is equivalent to raying that a dead Issue is as good as a live one for tho Democratic sjrty as now situ ated. Is the thought of the St. Louis Globe Democrat. The Indianapolis News is of the opinion that whenever the Democratic leaders meet and declare that free silver is not to be made an issue in the next cam paign, the Republicans will begin to get scared, but not until then. Sioux Falls, Senator Pettlgrew's town, paid that statesman the delicate compli ment of going Republican by a big ma jority at the late city election. The peo ple want It understood that Sioux Falls Is not to blame for Pettlgrew. Oregon's election takes place June 2. and as Bryan has Just been stumping the state, the Republican majority ought to bound up as It did In Hartford after his socialistic speech. Is the wise remark ot the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The St. Louis Globe-Democrat says the Gold Democrats are Informed by the fusionlsts In Oregon that they need not come forward except as penitents. Just as if anybody who was on tho winning side tn 1S9S could feel eorry about it! The socialists are claiming that fusion of the Democratic nnd Populist partlen will bring many of the radical Pops Into their organization. But how will that hurt the republicans? It simply weak ens the opposition, says the Spokane Chronicle. The La Grande Chronicle gives a Dem ocatlc view of the situation when It says; "It Is becoming more evident every day that Joe Simon Is the Republican party of Oregon. To do his bidding, to be his lackey la tho sole requirement asked of a Legislative candidate." The WatervIIle Empire thinks that in Washington the tall will wag the head this year. From all Indications the Pops and Democrats will merely whirl around and sail under a Democratic head, con ventions for both parties being called to take place at the same time. The Baker City Democrat Is of the opin ion that the Scott-Corbett-SImon crowd are In the raddle, and will dominate Ore gon Republican politics more than ever this year, nnd that the Mitchell ami Mc Bride forces wilt be crowded to the wall effectually. If they don't look out. ThV la tho comment of the Jacksonville Democratic Times: "About 170 votes were cast in thn Democratic primaries held In Jacksonville Saturday. Quite a number of them were thrown by Republican and oth ers not entitled to do so. nnd whisky flowed like water for several hours." Tho Dalles Chronicle thinks that "If Senator McBride possessed as much money as poor old Corbett. and was as easily fllmflammed out of It as that dlstlngulihcd relic of a prehistoric age. The Oregonlan and Telegram would speak of him ns Oregon's distinguished Senator and states man." Dr. Burdett says he Is going to elect Tom Humes Governor, make George Piper Mayor of Seattle In Humes' stead and de feat Van de Vanter for Sheriff, and that lo all of the political glory that he will want for one year. The doctor Is modest, to say tho least, remarks the Seattle Re publican. The Seattle Republican surmUes that Governor Rogers learned to love Mr. Bry an while he was with him because ho felt that Bryanlsm would give him four more yean of Governorship of the State of Washington. We can learn to love most any old body or thing that will help our plans along. The earnestness which the Mlddle-of-the-Road Populists are showing in Mis. souri. Tennessee. Oregon and various oth er places Is a good omen, says the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. It shows that they are not going lo show any quarter In their coming- National Convention to the fusion tricksters., Bryan Is himself a Populist, bus his Democratic connections will turn against him In 1X0 tens of thou sands of Populist voter which were cast for him "in 1S9& Louisiana's registration under the new constitution was white in the proportion of 121 to 7. The 7 can hardly be held to constitute a white man's burden. Louisi ana's Democratic majority la about the same as usual. Senator Vest is a Mlesourian almost by mistake. He was on his way to Califor nia in 1S5J to practice law there, was snow bound at Georgetown, Mo., and, not being too well supplied with money, decided to practice there for the rest of the Winter. He did so well that he gave up the Pa cific Slope -plan. Thus moralizes the Oregon City Enter prise: "We hear these days a good deal of talk about Jeffersonlan Democracy, but If the spirit of that illustrious gentleman should wander hereabouts and witness Gcnglebauch and Ms tribe trying to run the Democratic party, what a ghost dance there would be!" The Chehalla'Examlner Is of the opinion that the Populist theory of referendum does not. apparently, extend to county pol itics. The formality of county conven tions Is completely ignored. The various precinct chairmen vote themselves In as delegates to the state convention without the assistance of any Initiative on the port of their "plain" followers. The Corvallls Union-Gazette says the fusion 'state convention at Portland was an odd contrivance. Notwithstanding Its avowed aversion for banks and banking - CARICATURE PORTRAIT and its protestations of admiration for and devotion to the heroes of the Second Oregon. It tnrned down Captain H. L. Heath, of that regiment, and nominated Banker Daly for Congress. The Democrats of Oregon are a curious lot of fish; they profess, as a party, to entertain considerable hostility to bank ers, or at least to the National banking business, yet they retain a banker and capitalist as chairman of their State Cen tral Committee. But perhaps they think he will contribute more liberally to the pot than another, is the speculation of the Dayton Columbian. The way the hotels are booking guests for the convention week Indicates that, whether or not the Republican Conven tion shall be the tame affair that is pre dicted; It will draw to this city quite as many guests as can be comfortably en tertained, says' the Philadelphia Public Ledger. It Is noteworthy that no com plaints of exorbitant prices have been heard In this connection. That would be an act of folly, besides being dishonest, since the city is planning to become a favorite resort for similar large gather ings, and one of the first requisites in such cases Is moderate-priced accommodations. In the candidacy of J. M. Church for Joint Senator between Wallowa and Union Counties, the Republicans and his personal friends of whatever party, have a chance to do him an honor which he richly deserves, says the Wallowa News. Mr. Church Is Interested In a business way In the welfare of both counties. He Is a business man of no mean ability. No other man of the counties would com mand tho respect and consideration In securing needed legislation. Mr. Church's honesty and fair business- methods are sure to bring to his standard many voters from the other parties that have come to know him. Attorney George M. Brown, of Douglas County, was renominated at the Repub lican State Convention for Prosecuting Attorney. Mr. Brown 1 the biggest little lawyer on earth, and-he has made a rec ord for himself and his party while serv ing the state as Prosecuting Attorney second to none on the Pacific Coast, says the Bohemia Nugget. "He li one of the most thorough criminal lawyers known to the Northwest, and his reputation Is such that when a "crook" gets behind the bars and Is told that he will have to go through Brown s sweat-box, he holds. up his hands In horror and straightway pleads guilty." It would seem to a man up a stump that a few of our genial politicians are not satisfied with simply dictating their own candidates for the various offices, but aro determined, through their friends, to "hog" the whole thing and name all three tickets or two providing the "Pops" and "Dems" fuse. The people generally speaking are quietly watching their man riivers arm! It would be no great surprise to see a full Independent ticket in the field. Especially If the present plans is laid down by a few of Enterprise poli ticians, works to their satisfaction. Some people never know when they have enough. LnMine Lendor. t When Bryan was In this region he and Senator Turner prepared a form of agree ment for uso In organizing Bryan clubs In every precinct In Oregon. Systematic work Is In progress In Umatilla County, the agreement used being as follows: "We. the undersigned, citizens and voters of precinct, Umatilla County. Oregon. believing In and loving every sentiment expressed In the Declaration of Independ ence, and the Constitution of our country, and having an abldlnfc faith In the fearless leadership of W. J. Bryan to maintain ev ery principle expressed therein, do hereby assoclate ourselves under the name of Bryan Club, for the purpose of or ganized assistance In the coming cam paign." Wntch the Votes Rally. The Spokato Chronicle says the Repub licans need have little apprehenrion about the outcome of the elections this year. Just compare the political meetings that have been held so far. Hardly a fifth as many men at the Popul'st convention Sat urday as attended the Republican con vention In tho same place a few weeks be .fore. and not more than a third as many of tho committeemen present at the Dem ocratic central committee meeting as at tended tho session of the Republican com mittee. Watch the votes rally in the same proportion. STRIKES . OUT BLINDLY COPPERUEADIS3I OF FLAG-FURL-ERS. Colonel Watteraon Makes a Savasa Asaanlt Upon Ilia Fellow Sup porters of Bryan. Colonel Watterson makes a picturesque onslaught on the flag-furlers who are la the lead In his party. After calling atten tion to the victory which Senator Morgan and expansion have gained in Alabama through the renomlnation of Morgan by an overwhelming majority, the Colonel proceeds thus: "Alabama has spoken. Now let Ceorgla and Mississippi, Louis iana ana Texas, Florida, South Carolina and Arkansas follow suit, and we shall rescue the coming National convention from tho short-slght-d folly of following Grover Cleveland and Carl Schurz Into the bogs and fogs of copperheadlsm, to be slaughtered and quartered by the East ern combine of rapacity, which would con vert expansion Into a revel of machine politics and a riot of private gain." There may be some doubt as to tho ex act meaning of the Colonel's reference to the "Eastern combine of. rapacity, which would convert expansion into a revel of machine politics and a riot 01 private gain." but there is not the slight est doubt as to where he stancs on tha Issue of flag-furling which his candidate Bryan Is going to put on the Democratic banner In the coming canvass. The Colo nel wants to hold the Philippines and Porto Rico, and be would get Cuba Just as quickly as the United States can do this by the consent, or quasl-consent. of the Cuban people. The Colonel follows tho programme of Jefferson, Monroe. Jackson. Polk and the rest of the great Democratic expanders. He rejects and denounces the policy of the Bryans, Clcvelands and the rest of the Demo cratic contractors, who would be glad to pull the flag down In Alaska If they could, and would not regret to see Oregon, New England and some of the rest of the con tiguous parts of the United States given up to England, Germany or some other nation. The trouble with the Democrats Ilka Colonel Watterson Is, however, that thej are living In the wrong time. The men who are running their party at present care nothing for tho Ideas of Jeflersoa and the rest of the magnates of the old Democracy. It Bryan had been President at the time that Bonaparte thrust Loui siana on- Jefferson he would have thrust It back again. Monroe, according to tha Bryanlte philosophy, was a foe of true Democracy when he accepted Florida, while Polk, when he welcomed Texas Into the Union and took New Mexico and Cal ifornia In afterward, was an enemy ot the human race. Jefferson. Monrce and Polk have been dead for many years, and the men who are now controlling the Dem ocratic party have departed widely from the teachings and the practices of these great men. What Colonel Watterson stig matizes as "copperheadlsm" rules tho Democratic party today. It will put up mo ucKet ana frame the platform in the Kansas City convention, and the Demo crats who want to find the old Democracy will havo to come over to the Republi can party for It. Joe Balley'a Wonderful Victory. Atlanta Constitution. The retirement of Senator Chilton from the Senatorial contest In Texas leaves Congressman J. W. Bailey without oppo sition. Ills success In any event was almost a foregone conclusion. While Senator Chilton is a man of very great ability, he has never been able to get as close to the common people as Mr. Bailey. At this distance It has seemed that in Senator Chilton's r.ttitude toward the people there was a certain reserve, an aloofness which, while It has been char acteristic of some of our greatest men, has not added to their popularity. Congressman Bailey Is both serious and dignified, but he has never allowed his dignity to Interpose between him and h!s constituents. He Is essentially a man of the people, and his victory over ono of the ablest and most 'conscientious Dem ocrats of his state shows the esteem in which he Is held by the Democratic masses. Mr Bailey deserves the high honor he has won. He Is one of the ablest of the younger generation of public men. and has had no trouble whatever In stamping his Influence on legislation. He has been a tower of strength to his party In tha House, and was one of the most brilliant leaders the Democrats ever had on the floor, combining the resources of a skill ful parliamentarian with the abilities of a leader prepared for all emergencies. Though the House of Representatives will lose one of Its ablest members, the Senate will receive a most Important ac quisition. Mr. Bailey will take his seat In that body without any flourish, and he will make his mark there If real and sub stantial gifts of Intellect count for any thing In this day and time. They Are All Afraid. New York Sun. Mr. Cleveland's letter, which had been kept In the refrigerator all day lest It evaporate, made no mention 'of Mr. Bryan. Much was expected of It by the valiant antl-Bryanltes, but the truth Is It fell flat. It was general, platitudinous and vague. Tho apoIqsrymin. the. tall of It. that It was written "under the sanction of that 'freedom of speech which Thomas Jefferson placed among the cardinal fac tors of our Democratic creed." bordered on the burlesque, for the writer had not "spoken out In meeting." He was ex pected to discharge a broadside at tho wicked Bryan he had fired a popgun. The dinner of the Brooklyn Democratic Club only demonstrated that William J. Bry an's nomination Is regarded as a fore gone conclusion. There is no Democrat of national prominence who Is bold enough to come out Into the open and op pose It In plain English. The CampalKn In Prosresslnpr. Boston Herald. What the country needs to realize Is that this year the Presidential campaign does not have to wait for conventions. It Is already In progress. Tho two lead ing candidates are as much In the field now as they will be I weeks hence. The chief issues are as clearly defined. Events from day to day arc supplying new ma terial for debate on the stump and In the newspapers, and things may happen that will change the emphasis. But that will be true all the way along. Each party will keenly look out for every chance to make fresh points. It Is. of course, con ceivable that some tremendous changes will arise In domestic or foreign affairs of such a radical nature as to throw Into the shade topics now at the front, whllo bringing Into foremost prominence others which at present command little err no at tention. It Is conceivable, but altogether Improbable. The Label on the Bottle. Boise Statesman. Judge John C. Tarsncy, of Kansas City, discussing the candidacy of Bryan, re cently used the following language: "We will have to vote for Bryan, but It will not hurt us much. We Democrats have been voting for isms, visions and Jack-o'-lanterns so long that we are used to it, and It does not hurt us any. True. Bry an represents the silver question, but everybody knows that it is a settled question and no one will get scared over It. If I had the writing of the platform, opposed as I am to the silver craze. I be lieve that I would put that lS-to-1 busi ness In. Just to catch the wild-eyed fel lows who cannot understand anything else, and know but little about that." Tarsney Is one of the kind that drink any thing In the bottle so long as the old label appears on the outside. V -.hV.COJ iSa . -.I Xr''Vj1f.Ji ,