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PORTLAND, SUXDAV, JUNE 1, 1002.
DO "WE WAXT THINGS DONE?
It Is the Republican party that does
things. Estimable as members of the
Democratic party may be, their party
has no progressive or constructive pol
icy. It objects, it opposes, It presents
negative propositions only. It takes
no step forward. It never does posi
tive things. Its genius is the spirit of
hindrance, objection, retardation. But
this is a country that wants things
done. No part of the country wants
things done more than Oregon. But
it Is not to the Democratic party that
we can look to have them done. "We
object!" is the phrase of the Democratic
party.
An effort has been malting during
many months to pass a bill through
the Senate for government of the Phil
ippine Islands, and for defining and
regulating their relations with the
United States. The House of Repre
Bentatives, where 'things can be done,
passed the bill, after a reasonable time.
But the rules of the Senate are con
structed on the lines of hindrance, op
position and interminable objection,
quite in accord with the spirit of ne
gation and opposition that character
izes the Democratic party; and the
consequence Is that week after week
and month after month, the drivel of
debate from this spirit of opposition
flows on, and the bill cannot pass.
Democratic Senators spend the days
and weeks in attacks upon the Army
and laudation of the insurgents, in ut
terance of cheap stuff about "freedom"
as If we were not establishing free
dom In. the Philippines on broader prin
ciples than the inhabitants, left to
themselves, ever could conceive. But
these true representatives of the party
whose sole function Is to Interpose ob
jections these Democratic Senators
take their stand on the rules of the
Senate and object Interminably. Stuff
more worthless is unimaginable; but it
serves its purpose of cold obstruction
quite in accord with the party charac
ter. This disposition to obstruct, which
uses for its present purposes the bill
relating to the Philippines, delays
everything else In Congress. For ex
ample, the bills in which our own state
is vitally interested are ready; the
committees have reported; the joint
conference has agreed; everything Is
waiting, and the season is running by.
If anything Is to be done this year .on
our rivers and harbors the work ought
to be in hand now or very soon.
Through her Republican representa
tion In Congress Oregon is securing
what she wants. Her success is very
complete. If she would have it repeated
ehe would do well to keep in the Senate
and in the House representatives of
the party that has the spirit and habit
of doing things. She will find it to her
Interest, too, to maintain her place and
name among the states that adhere to
the party of activity and progress, by
electing a Governor who belongs to the
party that does things. Oregon should
toot allow herself, by electing a Demo
cratic Governor, to be classed with the
etates controlled by the party that de
votes itself to obstruction and has no
mission but to fill full of obstacles the
path of th6se who want things done.
"WHEN PATRIOTISM IS PARTISAN
SHIP. It is a remarkable thing that while
the London Standard likens President
Roosevelt's Memorial day speech to
Lincoln's famous address at Gettysburg
and while the London Chronicle praises
Its spirit of courage and honesty, there
are in this country, and even here In
Oregon, whence proceeded one of the
finest and most faithful regiments In
the Army of the Philippines, men who
deprecate utterances of that virile sort
as partisan. The truth Is there is noth
ing more partisan in Roosevelt's speech
at Arlington than In Lincoln's second
Inaugural or his dedication speech at
Gettysburg. It should never be ac
counted partisan to defend the honor
of thte Army and of the flag, to say
that our sovereignty will be main
tained, to pay the tribute of respect and
affection to American Institutions.
When, then, does patriotism become
partisanship? It Is when the voice of
slander is raised against the Army and
the flag, and when American sovereign
ty is assailed, and when American In
stitutions are ridiculed and denounced.
Then such words as President Roosevelt
epoke at Arlington on Memorial day are
hooted just as Lincoln's second inaugu
ral was hooted by the antis of that day.
Then patriotism becomes partisanship
to all such as have arrayed themselves
against the sentiments of loyalty which
the patriot President Invokes.
Just aa President Lincoln was pur-
sued by 'those who'opoke of bis "bar- J
barous spirit of ferocity," just so was
President McKlnley pursued by the
axitis of his administration, just so are
President Roosevelt and his supporters
pursued, by the antle of today. Has
patriotism flagged in the people of .Ore
gon so that they lack spirit to repel
these venomous attacks on their coun
try's cause and Its defenders? Are the
people of Oregon ready to declare to
the world, by the election of a Demo
cratic Governor on an "anti-Imperlal-ist"
platform; that they cannot be de
pended upon In a crisis like this, to
rally to the support of the Army abroad
and its defenders at home? Is It a
time when public duty and the public
welfare can be safely sacrificed to good
"fellowshlp and personal friendship?
SHALL CRIME KULE THE CITY?
The people of Portland should thor
oughly understand what they will do
if they elect George Chamberlain Gov
ernor. They will not only elevate to
control of the state government a man
whnso dfnpnrlpnrA for success lies With.
. .. ,. .-- , ,
i tne very ciass oi people ne is Euviwacu
to prosecute, and keep in check, but
they will put it In his power to name
his own successor as District Attorney.
It is bad enough to have a District At
torney who gives the criminal and vi
cious classes free rein, but it is infi
nitely worse to elevate such a man to
the Governorship, where resides the
power to name his own successor, and
thus have both Governor and District
Attorney beholden to the vote of the
slums of Portland.
The consequences of this alliance be
tween Sweek, Simon, Chamberlain and
Inman are potentially most Iniquitous,
unless prevented by the election of Mr.
Furnish and Judge Williams. It is
well enough for a public prosecutor
to win his way to political prefer
ment by vigorous discharge of the
duties of his offlce, but It Is a most im
moral and dangerous thing for him to
secure advancement through friendly
alliances with the very class of people
he is elected, svvorn and paid to punish
and hold in check. What business has
the friend of lawbreakers In the offlce
whose business it is to punish law
breakers? What sort of prosecutions
can be expected from the man named
by such a Governor? What resistance
to appeals for pardons can be expected
of such a Governor?
Will not the moral sense of Portland
set the seal of unmistakable' disappro
val upon this most pernicious and dan
gerous alliance? Surely there Is sense
of fitness enough here not to reward
with the Governorship the man who
has no higher conception of, civic duty
than to prostitute the office of public
prosecutor to a political combination
with thugs and gamblers. Surely there
is pride enough In the city's good name
to forbid that the slums of this city
are to rule the state, county and city
for the next four years, through an
official they themselves have made. We
have had men elected heretofore by
the "wide-open" vote. But we have
never yet had a man elected through a
corrupt combination made with the of
fice of District Attorney. For sucn a
course no precedent should be set. An
end should be put to this sort of traffic
in vice before it goes any further. If it
was for this that George Chamberlain
sought the offlce .of District Attorney
it was an act unworthy any man with
desire or sympathy for honest, decent
citizenship. It was an act that de
serves the severest censure at the polls.
No man should be allowed to betray
the cause of justice In this shameless
manner, and ever again hope for po
litical honors.
T1IE GOVERNORSHIP.
In some states notably In California
the Governor is rather an ornamental
figurehead than an essential faotor In
the government. The real work of ad
ministration 13 given over to a system
of independent commissions, while to
the Governorship there is apportioned
a certain formal but not very substan
tial "dignity," with a few showy but
not very effective powers. The system
Is In part a product of that Instinctive
distrust of officials which has come to
be very general In the country.-and In
part a product of experience which has
taught that danger lies In concen
trating great powers In a single and a
"political" hand. Under this system
the Governor In his working relations
to the government Is little more than a
ceremonial functionary, and when the
popular taste rejects ceremony he finds
precious little to do. Experience In Cal
ifornia illustrates the point; for In no
instance In twenty years has any Gov
ernor of that state even made the pre
tense of malting his home and regu
larly keeping his office at the State
Capital, excepting during the periods
when the State Legislature Is sitting.
We have a very different situation In
Oregon. Our system was organized at
a time when public confidence was
greater and under circumstances which
made economy In salaries a leading'
consideration. There was deliberate
concentration of responsibilities in the
state government upon the theory that
It was cheaper to employ few men than
many In the public business; and this
Is how it came about that the Oregon
Governorship was made a working of
fice. It has to do in a large way with
every department of state affairs.
The Governor of Oregon not only as
sists directly to make and enforce the
laws, but his judgment and authority
are felt in every business transaction in
which the state bears part or Interest
He Is a member and usually the domi
nant member, of the board which levies
the state taxes; he Is a member of the
several boards which manage the great
state Institutions; he is a member of
the commissions which manage the
state lands and the several state funds.
And in the very nature of things his
voice In these large matters is likely
to be the most potent one. In the Gov
ernorship a man of business capability
and business habits may be of incal
culable benefit to the taxpayers; while,
on the other hand, a man of careless or
unsystematic methods may work incal
culable loss.
It was business incapacity and In
difference that at an earlier time lost
to the state untold thousands of acres
of fine land at the hands of "wagon
'road" swindlers; and If we had had
in the Governor's office men of busi
ness experience and habit, millions
of dollars thus lost would have been
saved. Again we have lost untold sums
In careless administration of the great
funds biennially appropriated for care
of the insane, for the support of pris
ons, schools and other state Institutfons,
and for the ponstruction of public build
ings. We have suffered in these re
spects because In repeated instances we
have selected men for the Governorship
not upon considerations of business ca
pability, hut fcr some showy gift of
speech-making or ctory-telling, jor
through sympathy or good-fellowship.
As Governor of the state, Mr. Furnish
is likely to give us a kind of adminis
tration of state affairs of which we
have" had too little. He Is essentially
a man of business. He makes co pre
tensions on any other basla "I am no
speech-maker," he said early in his
candidacy, "and ' I Judge the people
were not looking for an orator when I
was nominated for Governor. But I
think I have a good grasp of business
principles, and I know that I know how
to work. If I am elected Governor. I
shall make my home at the state capi
tal, and I shall go about the business
of the state precisely as I do my private
business. I shall look carefully Into
every department of state Income and
every department of state expenditure;
I shall know- the business of the state
in its details; and I shall give my ef
forts diligently to the end that business
prudence shall rule in state affairs."
In this, coming from a man of Mr.
Furnlsh's character and experience,
there Is the promise of much that will
be for the material advantage of Ore
gon. An administration founded upon
such a policy, coming Just when the
state is passing from times and condi
tions relatively small to times and con
ditions relatively large, will make pre
cedents which wilt serve the welfare
of Oregon, not only during a single ad
ministrative period, but for long years
to come.
Personally Mr. Furnish is a man of
whom any state might well be proud.
If not technically, . he is practically a '
son of the soil, for his life from early
infancy has been here. His beginnings
were humble, but manly. His moder
ate fortunes have grown through co
operation with his fellow-men rather
than through business strife. Every
stage of his life has Illustrated those
personal qualities which command re
spect among neighbors. Honesty, cour
age, self-reliance, the will and the spirit
to do things these qualities which have
marked the private career of Mr. Fur
nish are the best assurances that his
public life will be creditable and use
ful. SOUXD PLAYS STILL, LIVE.
I held It truth with blm who sings
To one clear harp In divers tones.
That men may rise on stepping stones
Of their dead selves to higher things.
But who shall so forecast the years.
To find In loss a gain to match.
Or reach a hand thro' time to catch
The far-off interest of tears?
Such Is the text upon the title-page
of "The Silver King," the powerful and
beautiful play that Is to have adequate
representation on the boards of the Ba
ker "Theater In Portland the coming
week a play that is saturated with
some of the finest traditions of the
stage, including as they do the names
of Wilson Barrett. E. S. Wlllard, Her
bert Kelcey and many other actors of
the first rank. It is a drama of in
tense human interest, and covers in Its
range almost every variety of human
affection, passion, sorrow, pain and joy,
except that .illicit love with which the
stage in these days is too often soiled.
In "The Silver King" every wife Is
faithful to her husband, villainy is not
painted In attractive oolors. and after
the Innocent have suffered long and bit-
terjy for. crimes they never committed.
the Justice of retribution and the joy
of restoration seem to flood the heart
and to be even the sweeter for the mis
ery that Is past. N
This sterling drama points the moral
of Tom Taylor's kindred "Tlcket-of-Leave
Man" the danger that hangs
over a life of conviviality and the com
pany of improper associates. Wilfred
Denver, a young Englishman, who has
a lovely and loving family, wealth and
social posltipn, casts them all away In
a blind state of drunken infatuation,
from which he emerges to And himself
as he and all .others but the r'eal crimi
nals mistakenly believe, a murderer.
His flight from justice, his acquisition
of riches in Nevada, his return to find
his family beggared and fairly starving,
his long and at last successful struggle
to prove his Innocence, make up the
thread of a narrative on which are
hung some of the most touching situa
tions and most moving passages outside
thp nncpfl of fh rlrifsdo. rlramft.
There are lessons in this perennially
popular play for every age and walk of
life. The devotion of Nelly Denver to
her unhappy and cruelly wronged hus
band, the fidelity of Jakes, the old fam
ily servant, the sad lot of Olive Skin
ner as the wife of a scoundrel, the
touching love and faith of Denver's lit
tle children, the disgrace that over
whelms young Corkett, yielding to
temptation, and even the ruin that
eventually overwhelms that unap
proachable blackleg and society swell,
"Captain" Skinner and his precious
gang of pirates all have Impressive
Ideals to be followed or warnings to be
heeded.
That plays like this still keep the
boards and meet cordial resnonw from
t the multitude Is evidence enough that
the heart of the people Is sound and
still is pleased that honest love should
be rewarded and vice overthrown.
Dramas of this sterling sort are infi
nitely to be preferred, both' from art
istic and from moral considerations, to
the "problem" plays that too often con
fuse the sense of right and wrong and
cast a doubt upon the sacredness -of
the marriage tie. When Wilfred Den
ver, in the abandon of his grief and
remorse, cries out, "Oh, God, turn back
thy universe and give me yesterday,"
he sets more impulses of good astir in
the hearts of the young than come from
all the involved speculations of Ibsen
and the suggestive situations of the
proudest triumph of the French stage.
Every one who knows Mr. Thomas N.
Strong" knows the "originality" of his
character. Far be it from The Orego
nlan to Judge Mr. Strong harshly, He
is a product of an Intellectual and
moral fermentation, plus an extreme
self-esteem and minus, necessarily, hu
man good sense and Judgment He Js
not better than the general community
he lives in, but he thinks he Is better;
and If he will pardon us, and whether
he pardon us or not, we could wish' the
touch of Pharisaism In him were mln
ished. He has written, printed and cir
culated an estimate of the character of
candidates now before the people, which
is not good, because It Is merely sub
jectivethat Is to say, a reflection of
himself. His own Idiosyncrasies, not
the character of candidates, appear in
It. He writes as the president and
scribe of a "civic federation," which,
evidently. Is embodied In himself; but
he is truthful enough to intimate, at
the close, that the civic federation for
which he speaks is his own creation.
This, however, causes no surprise, since
Mr. Strong always carries about with
him an assortment of federations, suit
ed to any one of his many whimsical
purposes What estimates of his fellow
men one may spin out of himself is
wondrously apparent in Mr. Strong's
pamphlet He writes a character of
himself, not a character of the candi
dates to whom his pamphlet is nomi
nally devoted. He praises many who
deserve no praise, and is the severe
censor of others who are practically
blameless. This pamphlet shows that
Mr. Strong has not lost the habit of
entire self-approval, which so distin
guishes him.
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THE HOPE OF THE SOUTH.
Dr. Walter H. Page, a man of South
ern birth and breeding, a distinguished
figure at the recent meeting of the
Southern Educational Conference at
Athens, Ga., has an admirable article
on the "Rebuilding of Old Common
wealths" la the May Atlantic. Briefly
stated, the argument of this article Is
that the South only needs sound com
mon school and industrial education of
both whites and blacks to solve the vex
ing social problems which now harass
that section. Its Industrial advance
ment and material prosperity are sim
ply "waiting oa the greater Intelligence
of its people. The South needs the
skilled, scientific farmer, the trained
mining engineer, the trained lumber
man; It needs bona fide eight months
common schools for whites and blacks
under competent teachers. Dr, Page In
sists that the white people of the South
are by native endowment the finest in
our country. They are men of good
fellowship, hospitable, affectionate and
helpful to each other. This practice
of kindliness is a quality of the blood,
a touch of nature that would redeem
more prosperous and better-Informed
society. Dr. Page notes the fact that
when the ambitious Southern youth
leaves his stagnant Southern village for
the North he not seldom makes his
mark. From one such village has come
a man who Is now a rich New York
merchant, another is a leading electri
cal engineer In a great city, another is
partner In a New England factory, an
other "is a Judge In Oregon." The stag
nation of the social structure at the
South Is ascribed to three Influences
first, slavery, "which pickled all South
ern life and left It Just as It found it";
then the politician and the preacher.
"They -are a capable people, whose
growth when Democracy began to de
velop men was Interrupted." The great
mass of the country people of the South
came of excellent English and Scotch
Irish stock, equal to the best of the
country population that settled the
other states eighty years ago. As for
the "poor white trash" of the South,
it is not poorer nor "trashier" than the
rural population of New Jersey, Penn
sylvania or New York or New England
were several generations ago. Dr. Page
could with truth say that the "hill"
towns of New England, and a good
many towns on Long Island and in the
coast counties of New Jersey, are in
habited by "white trash" as Ignorant
and far more worthless and contempti
ble than any "poor white" population
of the South. Dr. Page confesses that
there Is a good deal of rural country
at the South where the public was de
fined by a witty professor In a Southern
college to be "the Democratic platform,
the Daughters of the Confederacy, old
General So-and-So, and the Presbyterian
creed." The leading editor of this
Southern college town described It pri
vately as "a realm ruled by the dead."
Nevertheless, Dr. Page does not agree
with those who hold, as some do at the
South and at the North, that a century
hence the South will be In the essence
of Its civilization further from the
North than It now la On the con
trary, he Insists that "there Is no un
democratic fact In the history of the
Southern people that Is not directly ac
counted for by slavery and the results
of slavery." The political machines of
both parties were built on the race dif
ference; and the ecclesiastical machines
are due to popular ignorance and iso
lation. The strongest impulse of the
Southern character Is patriotic and
democratic The contrary tendencies
are simply due to arrested development
consequent upon slavery and Its re
sults. This arrested development Is be
ginning to be overcome by industrial
growth and by the new Impulse In pub
lic education. The education referred to
Is not the multiplication of colleges; it is
the. redemption from Illiteracy of the
rural white population of the South,
which is as gross in the ten cls-MlssIs-slppl
States as it was in 1S50, for the
public schools in those states now give
"Ave cents' worth of education per
child per day for only eighty-seven days
In the year." Such schools are to be
replaced by schools which train the
hand and mind together; that seek to
fit the pupils for helpful occupations
through the Industrial training of the
many for diversified pursuits. The
children will be taught in garden,
kitchen and workshop as well as in the
schoolroom.
This kind of training has a tendency
to diminish race friction. Dr. Page
says that "the white man has held the
negro back, the negro has held the
white man back, and dead men have
ruled them both only because they were
both untrained or mistralned." The re
covery from the last effects of slavery
may require as long a time as it re
quired to get rid of slavery itself, but
of a final happy solution Dr. Page has
no doubt, for he has full confidence in
the native capacity of the Southern
whites to create a democratic order of
society that will be a rich contribution
to the Republic. In the incessant
preaching of the gospel of common
school and Industrial education lies the
sure redemption and salvation of the
hitherto stagnant, non-progressive
states of the South. This general up
lifting of the South has begun; it Is
sure to be successful, and with Its ulti
mate success the race problem will have
solved Itself. The Industrial awaken
ing of the South i3 shown by the fact
that the operatives in the Southern cot
ton mills are chiefly recruits from the
ranks of the "poor whites," who are
pronounced by their employers "as ca
pable as any people under tne sun, and
are better .neighbors than most," and
the superior quality of the Southern
mind Is shown by the fact that the
South has made the best contribution to
the literature of the generation of the
Civil War. With the exception of Bret
Harte and James Whltcomb Riley, the
best work of this generation was
wrought by writers of Southern stock.
Will The Oregonlan please take note of the
fact that there are some Republicans up here
In Marlon County who have minds and wills
of their own, who are In the habit of deciding
and acting for themselves, and who hold
principles and policies above personal differ
ences or likes and dislikes? Salem Statesman.
The Oregonlan has taken note of the
fact In years gone by that Marlon
County Republicans, with very few ex
ceptions, lay aside their personal likes
and dislikes and vote for the princi
ples and policies in which they believe..
Marion County has always been in
cluded in the list of those that can be
relied upon to give the Republican par
ty an unqualified Indorsement Four
years ago thousands of Republicans la
Marlon County voted in the primaries
for Governor Lord, but in the state
convention Lord was turned doWn, and
Geer was nominated. Nevertheless the
Lord men stood loyally by the Republi
can ticket and gave Geer a handsome
majority at the polls. The Oregonlan
believes a large majority of Geers
friends will "be just as loyal to the
ticket this year. It is not out of place
to say, however, that in the last two
weeks a two-by-four man with a one-by-two
political sense, whose relations
with Governor Geer denote him a
spokesman for his master, has visited
Portland to lend aid and comfort to the
Democrats, and that If Geers friends
are following this -man's lead. Furnish
will get few of their votes. The -Oregonlan
does not believe Marlon County
Republicans will bow to any such lead
ership. Late dispatches from Martinique re
port the whole remaining population
of the Island In a state of unrest, bor
dering on panic, while Mount Pelee still
rumbles and spits ashes, boiling mud
and foul gases in a manner to justify
their gravest apprehensions. While it
Is mere unreasoning terror that pos
sesses the people, their fears appear to
be Justified by the calm, critical Judg
ment of American scientists, who have
arrived and reported upon conditions
prevailing at St Pierre. It Is their,
opinion that the entire island may be
wrecked and deluged by volcanic fires;
that in fact it ultimately will be thus
practically destroyed, as a place for hu
man habitation. This Is, of course, pos
sible, and In a degree probable. How
ever, Professor Robert T. Hill, the
United Slates geologist. Is of the opin
ion that, while Mount Pelee may con
tinue to erupt intermittently for a year
or more, the area of devastation will
cot be increased. And since all the
peopje have fled from this area and
its immediate proximity, there will be
no further loss of life. This is to a
certain extent reassuring, though pop
ular fears will necessarily hold devel
opment and Investment in check
through the dire uncertainty" that they
create. Conditions, both in Martinique
and St Vincent, may well be consid
ered discouraging, and even at this
distance, It Is easy to sympathize with
the desire of the people of those islands
for removal to more stable ground.
The monument erected by Company
M, Second Oregon Volunteers, in 'the
cemetery at Hubbard, Marlon County,
and unveiled with appropriate ceremo
nies, on Memorial day, does credit to
the generosity and patriotism of the
surviving comrades of the nine mem
bers of the company who were num
bered among the "unreturning brave."
While but one of these sleeps his last
sleep In this village churchyard, the
monument commemorates the sacrifice
of all, and renders honor to all. This
is the second monument raised in the
state to the dead of the Second Oregon,
the first being the fountain at Eugene.
Substantial, suitable, unpretentious, It
fitly honors the young soldiers whose
names It bears, and of whose sacrifice
it will be an enduring record.
We did not go to the Philippine Is
lands for conquest We went there to
strike a blow at Spain. At first It was
uncertain whether we should remain.
Few thought we should. But as time
wore on, it became more and more ap
parent that we must stay. As the war
with Spain continued, we had to send
more forces, constantly; and finally by
the treaty of -.peace with Spain, the
archipelago was ceded to the United
Stateg. It then ceased to be a question
what we should do. The Islands were
ours. Then the Filipino insurgents" at
tacked our troops. We refused to be
expelled, and the flag Is still there.
A bride suitable for the young King
Alphonso is the object of the next royal
quest. The Grand Duchess Helen,
daughter of Grand Duke Vladimir, of
Russia, and his wife, a German Prin
cess, Is being considered. The Grand
Duchess Is more than four years older
than the King, but disparities of age
are not reckoned by royal matchmak
ers when otherwise available subjects
for matrimony come within their ken.
Besides there are few Catholic Prin
cesses available at present, and in this
respect the Russian Archduchess meets
a strict requirement for a Queen of
Spain.
A sturdy, earnest and honest man is
W. A. Storey, candidate for Sheriff. A
criticism of him has appeared, which
may be characterized as a mixture of
affected respectability and rancid self
righteousness. Mr. Storey doesn't pre
tend to be in the self-atfpolnted four
hundred class. But he Is a man of the
people, and a sound man, and will
make a good Sheriff.
The charter to be submitted tb the
voters of Portland. In Monday's elec
tion, should not be overlooked. It la
a product of careful study, of painstak
ing, disinterested and intelligent Indus
try. It embodies the results of wide
modern experience in municipal gov
ernment, and The Oregonlan believes
it, as a whole, worthy of the acceptance
of the people.
Mr. George T. Myers has received
many assurances of support from those
who know his record a3 an able and
trustworthy legislator. His great pop
ularity promises to give him a large
majority, especially as Mr. Nicholas,
his opponent for the State Senate, Is
one of the most persistent and celebrat
ed of our local "antis" and "16-to-l-ers."
There Is-no worthier young man than
Arthur K. Bentley, Republican nomi
nee for the Common. Council In the
Fourth Ward. He is, perhaps, not so
widely known as some others, since this
is his first appearance before the pub
lic; but he is a man of good ability
and sterling character.
Industry and efficiency will mark the
administration of the responsible office
of the City Attorney under Lawrence A.
McNary, the Republican nominee. His
dignified candidacy ought to commend
itself to every voter of the city.
A man of excellent standing Is Frank
S. Fields. Republican candidate for the
office of County Clerk. He Is well
known, is earnest, faithful and popu
4ar. .He deserves election.
A letter from Colonel Jordan in an
other column this morning, is well
worth reading. It shows how the pro
fession of arms will look upon a Demo-
I. cratlc victory at this time.
.. musings' by the wayside.
At this season there is a bit ot land
scapein the heart of Portland worth go
ing miles to see, if you care for vernal
ueauty. It lies opposite the postofflce and
is made up exclusively of trees and grass.
For the best view, stand in front of the
Hotel Portland, center of the block, and
look to the 'southeast. In the foreground
stands a clump of evergreens, no two
alike, planted without design. In real es
tate owned b"fc the United States; Just
stuck into the earth where they happened
to misfit, about 30 years ago. Each has a
hdlstlnct shade ot green, and, combined.
these trees make a fine foil for the softer
green of the magnificent elms on and
bordering Mr. Corbett's lawn. Within a
stone's throw of one of the busiest cor
ners in town we have this miniature for
est, and I challenge all comers to find
another so beautiful. Walk up Sixth street
a few blocks and you will behold lndl
dlvldual elms surrounding Mrs. W. S.
Ladd's home, taller, with wider spreading
limbs the handsomest trees in Oregon.
Within the grounds is shrubbery not to
be matched elsewhere in the state, but
for a combination of woods and sward,
Mr. Corbett's place has no equal. To
casual observation the scene is now at
the height of Its beauty. Not so. The
elms In Portland keep putting out fresh
green until August, Tons after the ma
ples and the chestnuts and the poplars
have lost the freshness of Spring. A
month from now there will be heavier
foliage on the elms but the leaves will be
only a shade darker. If It is convenient,
take a look at this scene every morning
as you go to work. It will serve as a
stimulant Take a look at night when
you come back. It will be restful. They
are going to mar thi3 picture before long
by nuttlnsr In an ucly foreground. Con
gress has decided to appropriate a pot of
money to enlarge the Postofflce building.
Instead of the many sfiaded evergreens,
we will have squared stones piled on one
another and patched to the present struc
ture, and a little army of men In gray
uniforms Inside assorting the letters that
come and go. Stately trees almost touch
ing department stores, and rolling lawns
across the street from Uncle Sam's bus
iest shop, may seem absurd, but let us
be thankful for the Incongruity.
It is a matter for congratulation that
those who planted elms in Portland have
not tried to "improve" them. Efforts of
too many property-owners to transmog
rify maples would be ludicrous If they
were not painful. Only tot a. man of per
verted taste could a tree by decapitation
be made better to look at We may rail
once more against our 60-foot streets and
indict the maples for growing too fast,
but that does not justify us in cutting off
their heads. Better have fewer trees and
let them grow as nature Intended as the
elms are allowed to grow. It is not easy
to Improve on the Almighty. In the
older sections of Portland reform Is prac
tically Impossible, but elsewhere, partic
ularly in the fast-growing suburbs, plant
shade trees further apart There is no
disputing about taste, yet perhaps it will
be best, all things considered, to cultivate
the slqw-growing elm In preference to
more rapidly 'developing maples, and
avoiding the poplar as you would a Can
ada thistle.
Thero Is another and a better tree. If it
can be made to grow In this climate, and
I know of no reason why It should not
for purposes of ornament and shade In
narrow streets. ' I refer to the linden,
which gets Its reputation from Germany,
but which grows better in nearly every
other country. The linden has been ex
tensively planted in many towns In Cen
tral California, and It grows there to per
fection, attaining in 20 years a height of
as many feet and apparently being ma
ture at that age. It has a clean, healthy
looking trunk, with a foliage a little more
delicate than the elm. It casts a dense
shade and Inclines to a tentlike hollow
ness in Its Interior form. It leafs out early
In the Spring, and for nearly a month
bears a mass of beautiful white blos
soms which are delicately and pleasantly
fragrant In the form which the linden
has taken in California, it Is an Ideal
shade tree in situations like ours, where
the streets are not wide and where a tree
is needed that will carry the bulk of its
foliage near the ground. It Js possible
that with our very abundant moisture, it
might take on greater stature and so miss
the local purpose here. There are a lot
of things I don't know about trees, and I
won't answer for possibilities under a
new environment, but there Is "a party
by the name of Johnson" down at As
toria who does know, and I promise that
when ho gets back from Charleston,
where he Is helping Henry Dosch, the
facts will be brought out
About 22 years ago, when all of Port
land was on the west side of the river,
and people knew their neighbors, and not
even a distant thought was given , to a
future City Board of Charities, the La
dles' Relief Society cared for most of the
poor in stress. Their annual ball was
always a great affair and yielded large
revenue. With a package of 10 tickets
in my pocket that had been given me to
sell, I stopped Sylvester Pennoyer on the
street and offering no explanation, said:
"I wish you would give me ?5 for char
ity." Without an Instant's hesitation ho
handed me the amount, and gave not
even a look of Inquiry. When he read
the ticket that he received in exchange,
he remarked, with evident sincerity "I
am very glad to contrlbute.to this cause."
His cordial manner made an impression
on me that I shall never forget. Not
this giving,' but the,splrit of the gift is,
no doubt a- truthful Index of the char
acter of a man whom Oregon this day
mourns.
And, speaking of charitable men, I
want to record an incident of Captain
George Flanders, dead these 10 years.
No one ever went to him for worthy aid
and came back empty-handed. In the
Spring of 1SS0, The Oregonlan sent out
reporters to interview prominent Repub
licans on their preference for Presidential
candidate. Captain Flanders answered
"Blaine," and the reporter wrote a line
in his notebook. With that sympathetic
smile every one who spoke to him re
ceived, the old skipper said: "Don't put
my name In the paper. Just put It down
'cash.' " L,
Workmen Dug the Dog Out.
New York Tribune.
After being imprisoned In a alx-inch iron
pipe burled In the roadway at Main and
Taylor streets, at Mlllburn, N. T., since
Friday, a little, curly-haired yellow dog
was released late Saturday by workmen
who dug up the pipe. A large crowd
watched the rescue.
The dog was following a man and dart
ed Into the opening of the drain, which
is about 50 feet long. About half way
through the pipe he became wedged fast
The police were appealed to. but they did
nothing, and late Friday night the over
seer of the roads was appealed to.
Saturday a force of men started to dig
up the- pipe. After several hours' labor
one length of the pipe wa3 unearthed,
but the dog was In another length, and
more digging had to be done. At last
t the animal was released amid cheers.
SLINGS AND ARROWS.
Coronation Preparations.
Bring back Klchard Harding Davis from un
steady Martinique,
Where he's writing up Mount Pelee for a
thousand bones a week;
Call off Kipling from his lashing of the back
ward dogs ot war, t
Train him down, until he'sequal to his record .
speed once more;
Buy a rhyming dictionary for the laureate to
read.
Get the scented pink note paper and the tinted
Ink he'll need;
Hale from out the wilds of Kansas Mr. William
Allen White,
Who can take the British Journalist and show
him how to write:
Line them up, with pad and pencil. In a glit
tering array.
For without them you can never have a coro
nation day.
Get the Lord of the Coal Cellar and the Keeper
of the Snakes,
And the Lord High Grand Past Master of the
Shovels, Hoes and Bakes,
Bring the Curator of Dachshunds and the Mas
ter, of the Goats.
And the Lord High Head Inspector of the
Royal Overcoats;
Take the Bevorend High Butcher and the Hon
ored Grocery Man,
And the Honorary Keeper of the Palace Coal
Oil Can.
Toy them out In robes of honor that It took
ten years to make,
With train-bearers by the hundred marching
proudly In their wake.
Stand them up to make the borders of tht
wide and rose-strewn way.
Which will lead unto the palace on glad coro
nation day.
Mr. William Waldorf Astor. with his accent.
Will be there,
With a coronet of diamonds worth ten million
on his hair.
Princess Blank, and Duchess Dashlelgh, Lady
This and Madame That.
Each In Jewel-set tiara or an acre picture hat.
All In gowns well calculated to make every
other dame
Scorch and wither up in envy's cruel, all-con-sum
ing flame.
Give them nlace In all their glory when the
great parade goes by.
Let their splendor fill wlth.heauty every wonder-stricken
eye.
And when you have got together all that mar
vellous array.
Well, perhaps, you'll need King Edward on the
coronation day.
Victory Assured.
Fishville, May 31. With the cam
paign closed and the speeches all made,
it is certain that the Republicans will
carry the county by at least 5S6. The city
will declare for the entire state ticket
overwhelmingly.
Fishville, May SL The Republicans
have made a hard fight, but they will be
shut out by at least 600. They concede
that they are deefated.
Gulchtown, May 3L Gulchtown will go
Republican by a large majority. The
last estimate of the vote was 32 to 23,
but William Simklns has come over to our
side, making a difference In the vote.
Gulchtown, May 3L In spite of the de
fection of Bill Simklns the city will
go Democratic by a vote of 40 to 18.
Elmburg, May 31. We are sure of
winning the election In this county. Both
parties have made campaigns, but tha
Democrats were feeble and listless and
without hope, while the Republicans were
confident and earnest We shall win over
whelmingly.
Elmburg, May 3L The Democrats have
made a splendid campaign, arousing much
interest and putting the efforts of the Re
publicans completely In the shade. Thero
Is no doubt that they will roll up a large
majority.
Gin City, May 3t The Republlcan3
have everything their own way hero.
Gin City, May 3L The Democrats
cannot possibly lose the city and county.
Unfailing Amusements.
Who ever sees, although he may
Go far and wide perambulating.
The lovely maiden of today
With rhythmic motion, roller skating?
Who ever sees fool, saint and sage
With heated words disputing over
A fifteen puzzle, or engage
In balancing a piga-in-clover?
Who ever reads The Duchess now.
Or on croquet sets spends his lucre?
Who wears a sword pin, or knows how
To play the ancient game of euchre?
And golf shall pass, and ping-pong, too.
Shall fade from view In future ages.
And not a word ot things now new
Appear on time's succeeding pages.
But Love and War. both games of skill
Will still appeal to life and passion.
Will give mankind amusement still;
For neither will go out of fashion.
Determined to Die.
"One of the men In our company," said
the actor, "was so methodical that ha
would do what he was supposed to do,
no matter what happened. If he got his
cue to go on, on he would go, although
some one might fall In a faint and the
curtain ring down before he started.
"He was due to como to his death from
a pistol wound Inflicted by the 'heavy,'
and went cheerfully out to his doom, al
though a hundred performances ought to
have taught him that the 'heavy' meant
business. He got In front of the gun and
the murderous villain pulled the trigger,
but nary a response did he get out of the
weapon, which the prop man, being drunk,
hadn't loaded.
"But that didn't feaze the victim. He
dropped like a rock on the floor, rolled
over and groaned his last The 'heavy'
looked at him a minute; then he said:
Well, I guess I must have scared that
fellow to death.' "
One Desire,
Z do not want a storehouse
Full of newly minted gold.
I do not wish for silver
More than any bank will hold;
X do not crave possession
Of rich areas of land.
No railroad llne3 or steamships
I desire to command.
One only thing I yearn for.
'Tls a simple thing, but still
Z long to be the owner
Of a bUllon-dollar bill.
A Good Thing:.
First Farmer Do you think this hera
railroad they're talkin o' bringin into
the state -cvlll be a good thing?
Second Fanner Well, I guess I do. I
was to the Legislature last Winter, and
we found up there that of all the good
things they was, the railroads was about
the best.
A Pessimist.
That boy thut lives across th .street.
He goes in swlmmln' evry cay,
'N' keeps a dog, 'n' wears bare feet,
'N' ain't afraid to run away.
He knows a fishln' hole where trout
Is thlckern wlgglers in a pool,
'N' he don't never get found out
When he plays hookey 'way from school.
He's got a pistol, that there boy,
That shoots real bullet ca'trldges;
My air gun's, jus a useless toy
Longslde o that there one of his.
'N he stays out 'most ev'ry night
Until It's dark, an' awful late.
I got f keep around In sight
'N' come Inside by half past eight.
It's kind o hard to think thut be
Can do the things I wisht I could.
He's Just a boy, the same as me.
An yet I bar f be so good.
I guess this world Is managed wrong,
'N' good things ain't divided fair,
'N what's the use t" live, as long
As I don't never get my share?
J. J. MONTAGUS.