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' Since JaDan has come so prominently to the front, in the category of nations, everything that relates to her history and to her people is Invested with new interest It occurs to The Oregonian now to say a word about the method of 1H U 1,. Tt n-l.Tf. n TlfnT. I ary form more cumbrous than she ought to be burdened with; yet to tv.ir, ! no onc mfDr Before nWloloclcal study had approx- imated to the conditions of an exact science it was suDDosed that Jaxjanese. from the characters emDloved in it was a variation of Chinese. !But nothing could b more erroneous. It is only to superficial observation that the writing is similar. The Chinese characters are Kvmholle- the words monosvllabic A written character stands for a word. I and a word often for an idea. In Chi- I nese every one of those groups of black strokes and dots which seem so shape- Iprr to our eves Is the ulcture of an ob- 3ecf not a nicture of the sound of its name as our written 'Words are. but a representation, real or symbolic, of the j thing Itself Early specimens of Chi- I nese writinc show these groups of I strokes ln a statre when a irreater de- I irree of resemblance to the thing Is pre- I served; but the exigencies of quick writ- I inir nrAnnc n nponie who rpad and write I a great deal, have gradually reduced j v.i tiWht-ac rVinro. nnri more to the con- ditlon of arbitrary siens. whose connec- I tlon with the things signified must be I a matter of habit and memory. Chinese writing, however, has not remained nurelv ideoeranhic. Certain characters have determinative sounding signs. Yet these variations rather Increase than I diminish the difficulties of learning the lantruajre whether snoken or written. But at basis the writing of Chinese is dcture writing: Just as the writing of I ancient Etn-nt was: and It is an Inter- I estinsr fact that the Japanese have dealt with the Chinese system of writing pre- 1 clselv as did the Phoenicians with the I Rp-vntinn ViiernirK-nhlcs. The Japanese have chosen forty-seven signs from the many thousands employed by the Chi- nese. and they use them phonetically J only; that Is to say, as true sound- j cairvlnc letters. They have taken Chi- t,pca ohnractpr.q that have certain sounds when nronounced. and use them alphabetically, or syllablcally. rather, as sounding .signs. It is Just what the Phoenicians did when they made the alnhabet. that has nassed Into 1 almost universal usage, out of the pic- 1 ture writing, or ideographs, of Egypt The Japanese language being poly- syllable the Chinese characters, which are verbal phonograms, could only be used for the expression of the polysylla- blc Japanese words by being treated as syllabic signs. It Is explained that a number of characters, sufficient to con stitute a syllabary, having been select ed, from the numerous Chinese phono grams, It was found that the whole ap paratus of "keys" to pronunciation or meanings might be rejected, as no longer Indispensable to the reader. By these changes an almost Incredible sim plification of Chinese writing was ef fected. But though syllablsm Is a great advance on a system of verbal phono grams, yet It Is necessarily somewhat cumbrous, owing to the conslderable number of characters required. The Japanese syllabaries were derived from the- Chinese characters at some time before the ninth century of our present era, "What Is surprising Is that it never has occurred to a people so Ingenious as the Japanese to convert their syllabaries Into a simple alpha bet. The most Important human invention is the alphabet It was made by selec tion from Egyptian characters certain ones which passed into use as sounding' signs, and their combinations gave the desired results. Japan has gone some thing more than half way with adoption of the system, and perhaps may com plete it later. It Is not pretended that if the Re publican majority in Oregon on Monday is not large, there will be danger that the state will not vote for Roosevelt ln November. That is not at all a state ment of the case. The reason for the appeal for a large Republican majority on Monday lies in the fact that such majority will be an indication to the whole country in favor of Roosevelt, which will profoundly affect and Im press public sentiment ln all the states. The articles which The Oregonian has republished from Eastern papers show how the outcome in Oregon is awaited. There will be votes ln Oregon for Roosevelt in November- No (ear cf that It is ' the Republican vote now thzX wU1 tel1 1x1 hls avor- Ana those who will vote against Roosevelt In No- vember know it, and for this reason want to hold the vote down now. rmnfiK of res SINCERITY - . " . ., . . Certain Democrats of Portland, nota- r q TorVson. J N Teal and bly C. S. Jackson, J. ieai ana Th0m" ,StTZnS ',ha? ! enterprise having or its object tbe4 defeat of a certain portion of the Re- pubUcan Legislative ticket in this county. They have done this nnderthe f dfendnS Cfm Cf f nent. although this ostensible movement Jgalnst charter amendment 13 promot? byt tnose 17110 iave ttelr Trniafhas said that it was The oregonian nas sam tnat it was Impudent in those who mean to oppose a ticket in any event to make certain dfanf.uPOw C?n,?nt member- ship of the ticket This has been re- "t(a but tho lustier of the charw la sented, tut the justice of the charge is now fully apparept Postal cards urg- lnl UzenBr to ,votf, asalnst certain Re- publlcan Legislative nominees have been sent about to-n. It has even been suggested what Democratic names it would be well to substitute for them. Those who have not promised to stand by the people-that is. by Teal. Strong Lr have, "sered right to do what seems right and neces- sary as occasions arlse-they are to be punished for their effrontery. BUT HOW AB0UT those kepublicai. XEGlSLilTTVE NOMINEES TV5IO HAVE I YTEEDED TO THE DEMAND AND FROM- ISED TO stand BY. THE charter THROUGH THICK AND THIN? "WHERE ABE THE POSTAI, cards URGING AIX GOOD citizens TO vote for those REPUBLICANS WHO HAVE DONE EX- ACTLY AS ASKED UNDER THE DEMO- CRATIC THREAT? There are no such -postal cards. There is no appeal for help to the Republican friends of the charter. The insincere I and dishonest nature of this movement against the Republican cause Is stamped on its verv fact The Question is. How will Republicans meet this as- sault upon the Integrity of the Repub- iiin r.nlnmn? i , .i.i 4, . tomorrow. "What kind of Re- publicans have we in Multnomah County? "Will they co-operate In Dem- ocratlc conspiracies or reoel them as I they deserve? I The Democrats have picked out cer- tain places on the Republican ticket they want, and they ask Republicans to help them get them. They would like the Sheriff, they would like the DIs- trlct Attorney, they would like certain Legislative places. He is not a very TJnT-11lV.llr.ori -.- 4mi.ni)fiMo I rade who consults with the enemy as to his desires and lets him into the camp at KotTiA p-rnnpri nninf tto in o T?n. publican and a faithful soldier who ral- lies to the defense of the spot that most needs help. Can't we have a decisive answer tomorrow to the Democratic conspiracy? ,rx,c.xr the mystery OF LEADERSHIP. The Philadelphia Press fought the late Senator Quay all his days' with un- I relenting vigor and courage, and it con- fesses that he was for more than thirty years the absolute ruler of Pennsyl- vania politics. He began his career as vania politics. He began his career as an insurgent against the sway of the an insurgent against the sway of the Cameron ring. He equaled Simon Cameron ring. He equaled Simon Cameron in craft and surpassed him in j audacity, and became the most power- I ful and autocratic dictator that Penn- j ful and autocratic dictator that Penn sylvania had ever seen. He was a man sylvania had ever seen. He was a man without the personal magnetism of Clay or Blaine; he was utterly without the splendid platform eloquence and per- or Blaine; he was utterly without the splendid platform eloquence and per sonallty of Conkllng or Matt Carpenter I or ex-Senator Wolcott of Colorado. He I or ex-Senator "Wolcott of Colorado. He was taciturn, secretive, mysterious, and the Press that hated Quay confesses the Press that hated Quay confesses that he had a vast body of devoted that he had a vast body of devoted friends all over the state, because, while his philosophy of politics was Im- moral and his methods unprincipled, he moral and his methods unprincipled, he never forgot a man who was his loyal never forgot a man who was his loyal I political partisan ln sunshine or In storm. He remembered and noted every service. His word was his bond, He was unemotional, without ardent I affection or enduring malice. If the necessity of political warfare compelled him sometimes to turn a I friend down, he was sure to make I compelled mm sometimes to turn a friend down, he was sure to make amends at a later stage. He had the amends at a later stage. He had the I temper of Napoleon, who said to Gen- eral Suchet, who commanded ln the J Spanish Province of Valencia: "Gen- j eral, capture the leading city of valen- j cia and Inside Its walls you will find eral, capture the leading city of Valen your Marshal's baton and an annual ln- I your Marshal's baton and an annual In come of 400,000 francs." Suchet took the city; Napoleon knew how to get I the city; Napoleon knew how to get the best possible service out of his the best possible service out of his military subordinates by making a di- I military subordinates by making a di rect appeal to their personal self-inter rect appeal to their personal self-Inter- I est He held Massena true by gratify- lng his abnormal avarice. He held Lannes by giving him splendid horses and plenty of money for wine and women. Lannes was not a mean man, like Massena, but he was a spendthrift like Massena, but he was a spendthrift grenadier. He held Lefebre, who was an honest and upright man, by giving him a splendid saber and pistols. His nobler-minded Generals he could hold by appeals to their love of military glory, as he did ln the case of Suchet, Soult, Davoust Mortler, Macdonald; some he held by bonds of personal af fection, like Duroc and Bessieres, and when he found a restless military mal content, like Kleber, Moreau, Berna- dotte. a man that could not be won by military honors, money, flattery or friendship, he got rid of him at the first opportunity. This Napoleonic philosqphy and prac tice in both war and pollticswas ac cepted and relentlessly enforced by Quay, who knew that the vast majority of men grew exceedingly weary of do ing something for nothing, so while he was not always Inflexible in revenge and punishment, he seldom forgot to re ward or at least cordially recognize the loyalty of his friends. He knew Penn sylvania, which, with Its nearly six mil lions and a half of people, Is utterly In ferior In popular intelligence and moral sense to Massachusetts or New York. "What Quafy did in Pennsylvania during the last thirty years he could not pos sibly have ever done ln Massachusetts or New York. He could not have done it ln Massachusetts because her popular Intelligence and stern public moral sense would have made such political leadership as that of Quay Impossible; he could not have done It in New York because the country counties of New York have too much brains and intelli gence to submit to such leadership and the great City of New York is too as tute commercially to accept such a man for a dictator. Quay succeeded in Pennsylvania be cause, while It Is the second greatest state of the Union In wealth and popu lation, it is a comparatively dull and stupid state: it Is the Corea -of the American Union, the land of "the Morning Calm." Outside of Benjamin Franklin, who was born In Boston, and Thaddeus Stevens, who was born and grew to manhood in Vermont. Pennsyl- vania has contributed no statesman of permanent consequence to the annals of . . , . the country, unless we rate James Bu- chanan aRd J. G. Blaine as statesmen of superior distinction. Pennsylvania was much "th !itt man In the uroces- . . me last roaa m . Poce- fiion tb&t SQe owefl faer gchool sys tern to the indignant remonstrance of ste a of Dart niouth Coll was disgusted with the educatIonal backwardnes3 of Pennsyl- VJmIa u fa SQ toflay m the matter of improved public highways, "While New York and New Jersey and Massachu- setts consplcuous for progress. Pennsylvania, as the saying Is. "hangs ack ,n tt InV It has always been BO wlth Pennsylvania. In the war for colmlgl independence her Quaker merchants were British Tories Her "Pennsylvania Dutch" population was . ,,!, fhf 50 mean-splrltedn the Civil War that on tne forced march to Gettysburg to save Pennsylvania the soldiers of the Army of pot0mac bought water by of &ysld(t vendors m June and Jul5? 1863. y Quay was a falIurc m National poli. UcSf but Jn dull stupldt stubborn, clan- nish Pennsylvania he was successful. Q appealed to the "hog" side 'of human nature, and he succeeded in Pennsylvania Decause the "hog" side Is more predomlnant ln that state than any other. Quay succeeded in Pennsyl- vania as he could have succeeded no- where else in this country, and his sue' cess is an unanswerable indictment Of the very low mental culture and moral development Of that great state. The singular thing is that a man whose po- litlcal methods were so base and lm- moral as those of Quay should yet have possessed a heroic quality Of self-SBCrl flee, for at the great battle Of Treder , , , ,, , Icksburg there was no more cool, -dar ln soldier than Colonel M. .S, Quay. He deferred tendering his resignation to accept an important state office be cause a battle was impending, and into tb - at srat battle he went and behaved with distinguished courage - ' DESERVES SUPPORT AND APPROVAL. Republicans of Multnomah County and of the State of Oregon have long looked forward to the day when party harmony could be restored here and the party management Intrusted to hands that would Justify their tenure by broad and statesmanlike policy. "What has been wanted, in a word, is a moderate course toward the minority element of the party, giving them such recognition as would Justify their ac- quiescence in the result and their sup- DOrt Of thC ticket For a long time a contrary course has Prevailed. Ostracism is not too mild a word to apolv to the dictatorial method that has been adopted ln dealing with defeated faction. This was done of oId by Simon and by the Mitchell fac- tlon Itself In 1902. But It has not been done this year. ?be Multnomah County Convention and state Convention were open affairs The candidates the organization pre- ferred had to take their chances on the convention floor and some of them lost. The state ticket consists of former SI mon men renominated. The Judges of the Circuit Court in Multnomah County, Simon holdovers, were renominated. A Mitchell preference for Sheriff and As sessor was overruled by the convention by the aid of Simon votes. The minor ity had a voice and got results. It has been so ln the campaign. The county committee has done Its beat for the whole ticket, regardless of the pre vlous affiliation of nominees, and If It has been more active at one point than at another it has been because fhat point needed more help. No distinction has been made between the old fac tional lines as to campaign speakers, for former Simon men have participated freely on the stump and have perhaps been invited even more freely than they have accepted, Not In years has there been, such cor' dial recognition of the minority by the majority, nor such cordial acceptance of the result and co-operation by the mi nority. When men like Judge Northup, D. Soils Cohen and "Wallace McCamant accept the result and go out and work for the ticket, It Is time for the rank and' file to fall In line and present a united front to the common Democratic foe. To the Republicans of the county, let us say, therefore, that the organization deserves tneir support. There Is no Justification for desertion anywhere along the line. In the renomlnation of Judge Moore, Commissioner Bailey, Judges Frazer and Cleland, the organ! zatlon has shown political wisdom and good faith that should be rewarded with support No Democratic victory and no Democratic gain can be had at tomorrow's election without the aid and comfort of Republican votes. "What are we to have a party for unless to stand j by It ln the hour of need and at the spots where it is most fiercely assailed? AS TO TEACHERS' SALARIES. There Is a well-defined movement in progress in this city the object of which is to secure an increase in the salaries of teachers ln the public schools of Multnomah County. The demand ap plies perhaps more directly to the sal aries of the teachers ln the public schools of Portland than to those ln the rural districts. This demand Is supported not only by the necessities of the case. but by justice as Interpreted in the wage-earning world. Simply stated, the pay of schoolteachers Is lower, in pro portion to the demands made upon the intelligence, time, strength and nerve force required, than Is that of persons who are engaged ln any other of what Is called the learned professions or the skilled trades. It is not necessary to go into the causes that produce this effect Neither is It profitable to do so, since diBcus sion In this line brings up nothing new and settles nothing. Much that Is ad vanced Is mere opinion. Over against it stands the incontrovertible fact that to teach acceptably in our schools a proficiency In .certain branches of knowledge is Insisted upon. -This profi ciency can only'be acquired at the ex pense of much time and effort and at a considerable outlay of money. A de gree of adaptability for the work is also required, and experience is considered a prime requisite to the teacher s, success. Granting all of these things, we turn to the ethical side of the question. where we meet the statement also un disputed, that the teacher's work, next to that of parents, Is the most import ant factor in character-building. Com ing back to material or more tangible things, we And that teachers must maintain the dignity of their profession by their surroundings. That Is to say, they cannot live in poor rooms in a cheap portion of the city, but they must he comfortably housed, which in this era of high rents and living expenses means that they must pay a good price for rooms and board; .they must be well, clad, both for their own comfort and self-respect and for the dignity of their calling. Xrlke other mortals, they are subject to sickness and doctor's bills. Then there are dental bills and laundry bills; street-car fares and association fees and whatnot And while all along the line expenses of living have largely increased In recent years, teachers' sal aries have practically remained station ary. This is manifestly unjust Not before in .many years has It cost as much to live In Portland as it costs now. To save anything even the merest pit tancefrom a salary of $750 or $800 a year requires economy amounting to absolute parsimony In expenditures. -To meet the ordinary expenses of life for twelve months on $40 or $50 a month during ten months in the year is clearly Impossible. The flippant remark that "the reason teachers are not paid more is because they are not worth more" Is as untrue as It is Impudent Speaking for this city, we have a competet, careful, experienced Board of School Trustees. To this board is left the selection of teachers for our publicschools. From the applicants for J teachers' positions applicants drawn irom tne country at large, diligent m business, earnest and well prepared or the work the board strives with care and diligence to select the best To say of these "The laborer is worthy of his (or her) hire" is but to repeat a senti ment the justice of which has remained undisputed through centuries of grow ing enlightenment KEASSERTION OF PATRIOTIC SPIRIT. No memorial! day since 1897 has rolled over the American people with such universal encomium of the American soldier. Patriotic fervor that is ordi narily unrestrained by political consid erations has been hampered ever since Dewey sailed into Manila Bay In J89S. Some of the ablest Journals In the United States have lent themselves to a policy of hostility and criticism toward the Army, which simply stopped the mouth that had been wont to honor the soldier and acclaim the flag. But this year all Is different "We are at peace and there Is no partisan pur-' pose to be sustained by assaults upon the Army. Never do we remember to have seen so unanimous a spirit of military pride in American newspaper columns as distinguished the utterances of the press throughout the country on May 30 arid 31 of this year. The reason is that with the acute stage of hostili ties in the Philippines out of the way there Is no occasion to belittle the Army or -smircn tne national purposes it is 10 .VV - tyPJcai utterance 11113 sort 13 thls paragraph from the New York Times Mr. A. Henry Savage Landor contrlbutea to the current North American a most In teresting article upon "The American Soldier as Seen ln the Philippines." It Is a vindica tion of the United States Array which will be particularly gratifying to that organization, which ought to be gratifying to every Amer ican citizen, and which ought corresponding ly to put to shame those 111 birds, Rostonlan or Congressional, which take perverse pleas ure ln fouling their own nests. All, this is true, but it is no truer to day than It was In 1898 to 1901, when the Democratic and anti-imperialistic press, with a few notable exceptions, were saying every mean thing possible about the Army and its work in the Philippines; when- our civil authorities at "Washington were stigmatized as de- spoilers of liberty and our officers and men in the Philippines were likened to brigands and cut-throats. Those cruel and unjust aspersions are appropriately rebuked by Mr. Dandor ln the article to which the Times refers, thus I was struck by the morally magnificent type of men who lead the American Army fair, open-minded, business-like, hard-working officers, . combining patience ln tedious plodding through excessive office work with pluck and dash and, above all, tact and ac curate Judgmept when ln the field. It is not to be regretted that the American officer lacks the overwhelming love for wearing ap parel which characterizes military men of many European Armies, and his simplicity of clothing is. Indeed, well matched by his easy. manly, sensible manner. The general abandonment of attacks on the Army's good name grows pri marily, no doubt, out of the decline In partisan exigency on this score ln Con gress; but we suspect that it Is also something due to the discovery that the American people are not yet so enfee bled in rugged patriotism as to welcome assault on the Army and on Its flag. There is only one course to pursue In regard to the Army, and that Is to stand by it through thick and thin, through evil and through good report In the day when the people rejoice in attacks on the men 'who are wearing their National uniform and bearing their National flag through flying bul lets on a foreign field ln that day lib erty will not have long to dwell there, because nobody will long, have the heart to fight for It And in the United States that day is not yet. A SAD AND SORROWFUL CHAPTER. A more touching case of destitution coupled with age and the memory of former affluence, has perhaps never been brought to the attention of the Multnomah County Court than that of Mrs. Jane Abraham, widow of a well known pioneer and herself a resident for half of a long lifetime ln and near Portland. The story of the sudden In crease In wealth a few years ago through the rise In Mount Tabor prop erty values that came to James Abra ham and Jane, his wife. Is a familiar one. Childless, devoted church people, and withal of kind and charitable na ture, the wealth that came to them from the sale of the few acres that had long served them In the double capacity of a home and maintenance, was to them as a gift from the Lord, to be dispensed ln his service. This disbursement the aged man, with (as far as she had knowledge of the transaction) the consent of his wife, was pledged for the construction of an ornate and imposing stone church building. The hard times came on, James Abraham died, and his aged and feeble widow faced a financial problem which she could In no wise solve. At torneys were called ln, and in a few years the regular thing happened. The estate was wrecked. Slow, miserable years of poverty, heartburnings and pitiful distress of mind have passed, and Jane Abraham. SO years old and bedridden, has applied through her at torney for a pittance of $5 a month from the county and her plea has been granted. It Is Idle at this stage of the pitiful game to attempt to fix the blame for this property and personal wreck. If it was with those who vigorously pressed the claims of Centenary Church after the demise of James Abraham, they may be said to have atoned in bitter ness of spirit, secret anxiety and open censure for the mistake that Ahejrjnndft in attempting- to turn airoid man's folly and his widow's necessities into a church building the cost of which was out of all proportion to the legitimate resources or needs of the church mem bers. If the fault lay with the widow then well-to-do, now a pauper It can easily be excused by her simplicity In business matters and the effects upon her mind of age and disease. If with her legal advisers, to some of whom much valuable property passed In the course of wrecking the estate In the form of deeds, they. In all probability, do not chafe -under the load and are lm- . I pervious to the shafts of censure. Of the men primarily responsible for turning the sudden wealth that came to James Abraham into a church building fund through flattering an old man's vanity oi playing upon an old man's conslcence, many have passed on. The church, between heroic self-denial on the part of its laity and persltent beg ging from Its officials, sees the begin ning of the end of its long struggle with debt, and Jane Abraham, robbed alike by pretended friends and open enemies, awaits on a bed furnished by charity the end of a sad chapter, al ready too long delayed. May kindness .keep vigil at her bedside and sympathy with tender touch minister to her needs and at last reverently close her eyes and breathe a sigh of thankfulness that 'all is over." Dr. Sllverthorne. of Toronto, gave, in a recent issue of the Canadian Practi tioner and Review, a paper on the iden tification of blood stains which, in view of medico-legal testimony recently iven in a criminal case in this state, is Interesting. He says that until two years ago the medical expert was not able, except ln very rare cases, to give a more positive statement in regard to a blood stain than to say that it was mammalian blood, and that from exam ination and measurements It was con sistent with human blood. At the pres ent day, however, the expert may go much farther and still be sure of his ground. That Is to say, he can state definitely whether a given blood stain is of human blood or not, and can even go farther and determine whether It Is a stain from the blood of a domestic or other animal. The distinction, he says, is difficult between the blood of the human and the ape, but he adds that when the test Is carefully made accord lng to scientific formula, human blood cannot be confounded by the expert with that of animals. The method by which conclusions, thus declared to be positive, are reached are not of Inter est to the general public It Is the fact, if It be a fact, that arouses attention, not unmixed with doubt and wonder. Dr. Sllverthorne says that as far as his knowledge extends this test has not been made In any medico-legal case ln Canada as yet, but he is willing to vouch for the practicability of It "We may well believe that a conscientious American jury would hesitate long be fore It would return a verdict of "guilty as charged" If this were the only evi dence of guilt that had been produced, where the Issue was one of life and death. "Why did The Oregonian attack Dr. Hill In his absence?" It has come to the notice of The Oregonian that this question has been asked. They say now that Dr. Hill is absent from the state. This has caused The Oregonian to make such inquiry as It could. So far as It Is able to learn, it finds that Dr. Hill left the state a week or ten days before his vile attack on Portland, on the Mayor, and on The Oregonian, was printed. The Oregonian replied not knowing he was gone. But had it known he was gone it would have been 'under no obli gation to withhold reply to one who had left a vile, false and cowardly at tack behind him. to be printed after he was gone. As Johnson said of Boling- broke, who had left a posthumous work: "He charged a blunderbuss against truth and morals, which he was too cowardly to fire off, but left a crown to a beggarly wretch, to pull the trigger." "Whether Dr. Hill is here, or absent makes no kind of difference to this newspaper. Only this: He has no right, having left his stink-pot behind him, to be exploded after he was gone. to complain that It was replied to. His accusations against Portland were of the vilest and falsest character. Port land Is a decent and orderly city. None more so. But even if it were not, It Is as infamous for any son of Portland to say what Dr. Hill has said as it was for a son of Noah to expose the nakedness of his father. Persons of sound moral basis and of decent sensibilities don't do that sort of thing. A flatulent orator from Ohio, a vaga bond preacher or lecturer, named Ba ker, has been making speeches through out Oregon, devoted chiefly to abuse of The Oregonian. Through many years these vagrant preachers, politicians, lecturers and quacks, of all sorts and degrees, have been doing this kind of thing, and no doubt will continue it Tillman, Bryan, Towne and Baker, the little dogs and all, "Tray, Blanche and Sweetheart," And The Oregonian here, an invincible force against their vaga rles. The Oregonian would be honored by their attacks, if their attacks could honor anybody. As it is, The Orego nlan, knowing their character, holds them in supreme contempt Let the heathen rage. A systematic effort will be made in Chicago this year to secure a sane cele bration of the Fourth of July. The plan is to take the demonstrative feature of the occasion out of the hands of the Ir responsible, noise-loving small boy and run it as a municipal entertainment, with the Mayor, city police and promi nent citizens ln control. A sane and safe kind of celebration, instinct with patriotism and pleasure, but devoid of danger from toy pistols, cannon crack- ers. Dewey chasers, explosive canes, etc.. is the object of this municipal, es plonage. Every large city In the Na tion will watch the result with keen in terest The only "card" the Democratic party has ln Oregon is Governor Chamberlain. But when George Chamberlain, two years hence, shall run up against the candidate of a united Republican party, as he will, then you may extend your cvmnathV to "a EOOd fellOW. OUt Of luck." . Tt la funny indeed. The so-called or self-styled Municipal Reform league takes Manning and "Word for Its candi dates, and mixes them up with civic purity, local option and prohibition. Yet perhaps they wonder why people laugh! There are some notes on the history of Oregon fifty years ago on the 30th page of this Issue, that will interest the reader. No reader concerned with tne history of Orexron should overlook them. SIGNIFICANCE OF OUR ELECTION' Providence (R. I.) Journal. Like Rhode Island and Montana, Ore gon Is a Northern state with. a. Demo cratic Governor. There will be an elec tion there on Monday, June 6. Soma minor general officials and Legislators are the less Important prizes of the strug gle; those which give It a" National in terest are the seats In the lower branch of Congress. The Republicans naturally wish to secure an all-round triumph, but especially a notable plurality In the two Congressional districts, and thoush after i . . . . . ( their usual fashion they are fighting among themselves, they probably will not be disappointed. The state always does better for them in choosing Repre sentatives than In other matters chiefly owing -to the coincidence ln boundary be tween the natural and the Representa tive districts, which the Cascade Moun tain range divides and according to all reports the President, though his visit last year did not prevent a Democratic victory ln the fight for Governor, Is as popular there as anywhere ln the "West. If the Oregon Republicans count on this popularity as the principal reason for their success, the party outside the state has every right to believe that this expectation will be fulfilled. In that case there will be rejoicing that the first state to, express its opinion of the President's course in National affairs has reflected an appreciation of his services. A certain degree of knowledge will have been acquired of the actual strength of the President at the polls and much more concerning the attitude of the agricul tural population of the "West toward the parties. Oregon Is far away from the portion of the country to which one usually looks for clear and comprehen sive study of most National questions. but it is interested ln the tariff, more ln the cause of National expansion and still more In the Panama Canal Unless the next to Impossible happens the only danger to a large Republican plurality in both districts will grow out of the land frauds Inquiry, which in i few states has spread into an investiga tion of the divers land questions, name ly, the desert land, forest reservations, sheep-feeding and mine reservation prob lems, and ln Oregon has included frauds by Government officials, who have had to be removed much against their will. Some .bitter feeling has grown out of the endeavor of the Government to keep the public Interests secure through all the scheming of the actually dishonest and the mistaken ln regard to the Interior and Agricultural Departments' Interpretation of the laws passed by Congress on these subjects. But Senator Fulton says that the state will give a total plurality for the Republican candidates for Repre sentatives of 20,000. Republican and Democratic political leaders outside the state will wait for the verdict of Oregon on the policy of the party, and much will be heard of Its election during the campaign if it results ln a satisfying Re publican triumph. JONAHS OF MUNICIPAL LIFE. Chicago Journal. The greatest fault of those who assume to be "civic reformers" Is that they are not reformers, but "knockers," pure and simple. This is true in Chicago as else where. The men and the so-called reform bod ies that ara engaged in the work o ex posing corruption in official places' and who see no virtue ln any municipal policy that is not measured by their own stand ards, are apt to lose sight of- the fact that it will require something more than a chronic bewailment of civic corruption to bring about an era of civic honesty. The reform which goes no further than it is led by pessimism almost invariably falls far short of its real mission. Anybody can find corruption. Anybody can follow the spoor of "graft" Anybody can make a noise and cry "Thief J" But It will take something more than this to abolish grafting and put an end to thiev ery. Pointing out the weak places in the civic structures does not mend them. It only Invites attack. The civic reformer Is too often content with being a Jeremiah, walling over the desolation of his Ideal city, or a Jonah, predicting Its destruction. "With him pes simism Is an article of faith; optimism an economic heresy. Portunately for Chicago the true re former is a builder, not a-destroyer; an op portunist, not an iconoclast; a Moses, not a Jonah. If corruption lurks ln the hidden places of the municipal government the disposition and the ability to drive it out and place honesty in Its stead abide also. If Chicago is wicked, It has within It the possibility and the desire and the means for self-purification. If wrong hides be hind the shield of law or custom the broom of popular indignation will sooner or later sweep It away. Nevertheless, let the reformer and the pessimist have their way. "When they have done bemoaning the times and the morals these will have changed for the better by the natural process of evolu tion. Another "Most Wicked" City. Philadelphia Inquirer. It has been the custom, owing to the very strenuous political campaigns that have marked the past few years, to hold Philadelphia up as the example of munici pal wickedness to be shunned. It pleases other cities to call us unclean and a vic tim of the worst elements of society. The other day the Law and Order Society had much to say and scathingly arraigned the authorities for permitting the lowest form3 of vice to exist and to flourish broadpast Now comes a clergyman Rev. Madison C. Peters to object to such charge. He believes it to ba unfounded, and declares that In 20 years he has not known vice to be so hidden and veiled and frightened as It Is today. It Is difficult to stamp out all forms of crime. It can not be done. Crime can be controlled, not absolutely abolished. But there is this to he said: "Vice is not openly flaunted ln the faces of men and women on the streets. Vice exists undoubtedly, and It always will to an extent, but "those who wish to share In It must search it out Gambling "Closed" at Seattle. Seattle Argus. "While gambling has been stopped in Seat tie, Seattle people have not been stopped from gambling. Since the poolrooms have been closed in Seattle they have been re moved to Georgetown, where they are apparently doing as much business as ever. Gambling Is wide open ln Tacoma, and the Interurban has been compelled to put on another car to accommodate Seat tleites who desire to squander their money. The Flyer, too. Is doing a big- cer business than for some time. Everett and Bellingham are getting jealous, and are framing up to open gambling wide. All of which proves that one cannot re i form people by law. ' NOTE ANDC0MMENT. A Sonnet to Mount Hood. Thou Mount serene, I do not hold with those "Would cheapen one of Portland's fairest eights By sreeUng thee as Nature's Stack oX Whites, Nor when the sunset noshes theo with rose And turns to pink thy Summer Blouao-or snows With green insertion, shall this pen that writes Compare thy blush to that faint firs "which lights The tell-tale tip o totne young DrlnScr'a nose. s ' 1 wa" these hot June streets -Aua oi mine airy eoolnpss fnndlv HrMm. Fancy with my Deelre In aptness meets au iouco. witn grace the dear and theme; lofty Thou art to me the chief of Nature's Sweets, iieapea reaay ror her use. a vast Ice Cream. Over the Alps. This Is the time of our misery. Gathered to hear on some etuffy night. "Over the Alps Lies Italy Theme of six essays by girls In white. Listen we all moat patlenUy, Yawning until we have stretched our scalps The end of the show Is our Italy. Rut oht how rocky our line of Alps'. Answers to Correspondents. WINSOME WILLIE No. the headquarters of the Hunt Club are not at Second and Oak. ANXIOUS Tou had better buy a bottle this evening. All closed tomorrow. FLOSSIE Ask Beatrice lleataxe. Our own idea would be to land him one In the slats It he goes out with the other glrL And Travis probably sounds the "1" in "golf"! To drink from the bar or be barred from the drink seems to be an issue. Operations in the Kwan Tung isthmus indicate that Port Arthur's getting It ln the neck. Money talks. Some is being wagered on more than one candidate for Sheriff, so It doesn't always tell the truth. The Liberty Bell Is on another jaunt although one would think it had earned the right to rest for the remainder of its days. Now doth the busy candidate. In hopes of gaining place, Expend his shining ducata For advertising epace. "When President Roosevelt objected to race suicide," observes the Saturday Evening Post, "he did not mean the Presidential race." The Sissy-boy Marquis of Anglesey has gone bankrupt through a fondness for play-acting and geegaws. Pity the old Paget who stood the pounding of the French at "Waterloo can't revisit the glimpses of the moon long enough to kick a little sense into his degenerate great grandson. A lady of Center-villa '(Wash.) has sent the following letter to The Oregonian: Eadetor Oregolan I wish to wright some In your paper. This is a very laudable wish, but for the sake of the copy-reader it Is to be hoped that the lady of Centerville will take a course in spelling before begin ning to "wright some." The Interurban line between Seattle and Tacoma is said to have put on an extra car for the convenience of Seattle men that want to gamble and must go to Ta coma to find a place with the lid off. And yet some people were foolish enough to say that the law making gambling a felony would benefit nobody. Just look, at the benefit to the Interurban. John Fisher, a Pennsylvania youth, . came home from his work in Mllnesville one day last week, and found that his supper wasn t reaay. t& new into a rage, and whilst under the influence of passion shot himself. Perhaps It was just as well, for If a boy of ID gets so mad at having to wait for his supper, wljat a frenzy would have seized him In later life when his wife was late with her cooking. His suicide probably saved the divorce courts a job. Sergeant Slover ' Lives ln clover, Makes a mash on every beauty See him cinch em First, and pinch 'em Strictly ln the line of duty. Fairy, winking, Meet3 him, thinking Here's a chance to nab a farmer; Aisi the copper Doesn't stop her; Looks so meek he couldn't harm her. E'er It's over Sergeant Slover Shows his star, official, urgent; Greatly Bhocks her. Takes and locks her la a cell Sherlocklan Sergeant. In describing a boxing match for ths championship of the British naval squad ron in the Pacific, the Victoria (B. C.) Colonist says: The duck, sidestep and slip were not used as much aa they might have been, and the coun ters were too late by the fraction of a second to be Jarring, as a good counter always Is, landing at the psychological moment on the phyelologlcal spot where the well-timed. Impact can execute the maximum shock. "We hope that when Mr. Munroe meet3 Mr. Jeffries in San Francisco this month he will not forget to "land at the psychological moment on the physiologi cal spot" and thus execute upon the champion the maximum shock. A New York detective asserts In an ex change that If one wants anything in Gotham it can be obtained by asking for it. As an instance he cites a happening at the Casino Theater. The ticket-seller was resting during a lull in business, when a rough-looking fellow stuck hla head In at the window. "I've come for the clock," he said. "Well." snapped the ticket man, who Is described as "fly," "you don't expect me to come out and take it down for you, do you?" "Fresh, ain't yer?" responded the fellow, and turned away. He put up a ladder and took down the clock, a valuable time piece, and walked away with it Ha hasn't returned. Neither has the equa nimity of the very smart ticket-seller. Accidents, says the old saw, will hap pen in the best regulated families. VTho could guard against such an accident as the Dayton ("Wash.) Courier-Press records in the following paragraph: Mr. S. A. Ryerson, a few days ago, had. a very peculiar experience, which resulted In being compelled to sleep one night with one of his shoes on. He bad bought a new pair which were a good nt and very comfortable, but ths shoemaker bad neglected to pull out the large tack from the center of the sole, the point of which had become bent forward. "When he tried to take the shoe off the point of the tack entered the foot, and, the harder be pulled the deeper went the tack, and soon his shoe was full of blood. As it was late at night then he went to bed with the shoe on, and ln the morning he secured assistance and got the shoe off all right. i So nezt time you see a man go to bed with his boots on, don't jump at con - elusions; l ... "WEXFORD JONES.