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WILL tiEARIV SCPPORT ROOSF.VEI.Tr
, Among the points which Mr. Haw ley
; made in his speech at McMlnnville one
deserve particular mention. Referring;
to the fact that a Democratlo. Con
; gressman may now and then agree with
the President as an exceptional circum
; stance, he pointed out that as a general
rule a. Democrat must and will stand
with his party, and since the Demo
cratic party necessarily opposes a Re
I publican President, tbe same is true
of every individual Democrat upon the
: (treat majority of questions. Mr. Hawley
Illustrated his remark by referring- to
Mr. Goarln's record in Congress.
Before party HneB bad been drawn
upon the question of rate regulation,
Mr. Gearin, like many other Democrats,
stood with the President; but the in
stant a partisan issue arose he deserted
Mr. Roosevelt and sided with his own
partymen. We do not wish to blame
Mr. Gearin for this. Any other loyal
partisan would have done the same; but
we do wish to point out how vain and
delusive the hope is that a Republican
President can receive steady and reliable-support
from Democrats. Mr.
i Gearin, like Mr. Hawley, is a gentle
man of high character, but. his record
Is that of a consistent and unwavering
partisan. When Bryan was a candi
date for President of the United States
Mr. Gearin was personally opposed to
the doctrine of free silver, but, never
theless, such was his party loyalty
that he put aside his personal convic
tions upon this very important question
and voted for the Democratic candidate.
In this matter, his record was leas ad
mirable thai those of some other Demo-
. crats, for many of them in that crista
of the Nation's honor, deserted their
party for a time and voted either for
the Republican candidate of not at all.
Hut Mr. Gearin did nothing of the sort.
His conduct at that time enables us
to predict what it will be in all future
emergencies when party loyalty con
flicts with his personal convictions. The
convictions will go by the board and
; the Interests of his party will prevail.
Those Interests are from the nature of
the case, hostile to the success of Re
publican measures, that is, to tariff re
form, rate regulation and the control of
corporations. Whatever Individual
Democrats may privately think about
these questions. It would be fatal to
their party to allow the Republicans to
gain the credit of enacting them Into
law. Therefore they will oppose In the
future, as they have in the past, every
, bill which le Introduced with the Presi-
, dent's approval as soon as party lines
are drawn upon It. When the party
whip chacks they will Jump Into the
collar and begin to haul away on the
Democrat juggernaut just as Mr. Gearin
has done with the amendments to the
rate bill. The amendments which Mr.
Roosevelt and the Republican members
of the Senate approve the Democrats
oppose, and Mr. Gearin stands with his
party. He. will do the same in every
other case. It is the extreme of fatuity
to expect him to do anything else. The
plea that the people of Oregon ought to
elect Democrats In order to gain sup
port for a Republican President Is a
piece of empty sophistry. The depend
able support which a Republican Presi
dent receives must come from Repub
licans, THE CALX, FOR SYMPATHY.
The measure of Portland's sympathy
for the distressed, homelese and hungry
people of San Francisco is not to be
taken in terms of mere money, yet the
great multitude of our people have had
no opportunity to show the depth of
their feeling except by taking from
their own bounty means to relieve the
suffering and alleviate the Immediate
wants of their desolated neighbors.
Portland has contributed in cash to the
California relief fund the sum of $250,
000. No other North Coast city has
given so much; upon none other rested
the obligation that impelled Portland
to make this unparalleled response. The
friendly relatione of Portland and San
Francisco are , historic. They reach
back more than fifty years. Portland
and San Francisco were neighbors,
companions and competitors before
Seattle, Taconia, Spokane, Los Angeles
or San Diego had their real beginnings.
Throughout the years there has been no
Interruption In the complete and en
viable harmony that marked the on
; ward progress of the two cities. San
Francisco had in Its population thou
sands of residents who had formerly
lived In Portland and Oregon, and there
were and are other thousands here who
tame from California and San Fran
cisco. ' There Is an abiding sentiment
and a romantic Interest about the early
days when San Francisco and Portland
were the two leading cities of the Pa
cific Coast, and the only cities, that no
old-time resident of either place can
ever forget. Portland has, therefore,
been moved to unprecedented gener
osity not only in its money , subscri
ptions but in the active Individual aid
and support many of Its citizens have
otherwise given to the people of San
Francisco.
Portland rose to the emergency at the
time of the disaster, and through The
Oregonlan, was the first of all cities to
establish on behalf of Oregon a relief
bureau In the devastated territory. The
relief committee here began Its labors
with great promptness and has been the
means, by Its outright contributions and
by the wide, range of its personal serv
ice, of doing a great amount ot good.
Everybody- In Portland and Oregon has
done his share or has been willing to
do it. There will yet be greater call
upon Portland and Oregon to do for San
Francisco, and The Oregonlan is sure
that neither city nor state will at any
time be found wanting.
INFLUENCE.
The Hood River News Letter has this
fable:
It Is common knowledge that one man,
nominated 1n due form, was sent for and
told: "These pages are open to 'you. "What
Khali we say?." "I thank you, but you will
do me the greatest kindness by saying noth
ing." To have The Oregonlan for you is
sure defeat.
The Oregonian gives this Interesting
incident, which, of course, never oc
curred, the wide publicity of its col
umns that many candidates for office
who have sought in vain for its support
may learn that Jt is really not worth
while to bother about what The Ore
gonlan says or does. Yet they all -do
bother. The Oregonian has learned oc
casionally of some person like this
mythical candidate, whom the Hood
River paper has discovered or mater
ialized, .that scorned Jts favor and
courted . it3 opposition; but it never
actually Itself came in contact with
such a one.
It Is The Oregonian's observation and
experience that candidates for office,
and all other persons much in the pub
lic view, are profoundly concerned
about The Oregonian's attitude toward.
them. Why should it be so, if' The Ore
gonian has no influence? Is there one
of them who, if he needed newspaper
support, would not go far to get it from
The Oregonian Republican, Democrat,
Socialist, Prohibitionist, the whole ca
boodle? Of course there Is none. Why?
Because The Oregonian is the one inde
pendent and uninfluenced voice in Ore
gon, and everybody knows it. Because
it seeks always and proclaims the truth,
and everybody listens to it. Because it
hews to the line, troubling itself not at
all about the chips, and the public
understands, appreciates and approves.
Because it never bends Its knee to the
arrogant and -.domineering plutocracy
on the one hand or yields to the1 clamor
of the mob on the other, so that the
plutocrats hate it and the mob de
nounces it; but they all read it.
It has happened at times that persons
whom The Oregonian has supported
have been defeated for office, and others
it has opposed have been, elected. But
what of It? It was no great matter, for
in the long run no principle advocated
by The Oregonlan has been rejected;
and principle is everything, men noth
ing. Yet the only way to vivify and
enforce any principle in government is
to elect men to office who believe in it
and are committed to it.' -Because it
believes that the prinftiples arid policies
of the Republican party are in the main
sound and the principles, and policies
of the Democratic party in the main un
sound, The Oregonlan supports the one
and opposes the other by supporting the
candidates of the one and opposing the
candidates of the other. No Republican,
we think, will find fault with this
course, and no Democrat will fail to
regret it, or has failed, for all criticism
of The Oregonian's present course is
from Democratic sources. So The Ore
gonian is content.
A NEW Sl'BURBAX SAN FRANCISCO.
It is generally conceded that San
Francisco will regain the commerce
temporarily lost by reason of the great
disaster. Revival of business in every
aspect is only a matter of time, depend
ent more on personal energy and the
get-together spirit than on general con
ditions of the Pacific Coast. - But it may
be pertinently asked whether San Fran
cisco will be restored as a place of reslT
dence. Will ..the' populace choose to
build homes on the northern point of
the peninsula? .. t , -
It may be reasonably assumed that
the large residential district which
escaped fire will undergo no marked,
change. Damage by the earthquake,
which was confined principally to
broken chimneys and dislodged plaster
ing, will be quickly repaired and the
dwellings are not likely to be long
without tenants. New alignment for
business location may convert one or
more streets of the Western Addition
into shopping thoroughfares and it is
possible that a new center for retail
trade may develop; yet there is small
chance for radical shifting of old .lines.
But what about new homes? -
No one questions that they will be
needed. The average American wants
to live within easy reach ot his shop,
store or office. During the past fifteen
years the trolley has so nearly annihi
lated distance -that we figure in choos
ing a residence site not the number of
blocks or miles, but the time consumed
in covering the ground. For the rich
and well-to-do the automobile equals
the electric car as a means of Quick
transportation and this vehicle may be
in a few years within reach of the man
of moderate salary.
For the most part the Santa Clara
Valley, south of San Francisco, is level.
From San Mateo, through Menlo, Palo
Alto and San Jose to Gilroy it is one of
the most charming districts of the state.
With the best present-day electric car
service, San Jose, fifty miles away, is
nearer to the City Hall, in point of
time, than the outskirts of Oakland or
Berkeley, and could be reached with' a
minimum of inconvenience. Cost of
travel to holders of commutation tickets
is reasonable throughout the country.
Under these conditions it. is almost
certain that a new suburban San Fran
cisco will be created, the choicest spots
for those with means and the less de
sirable for wage-earners. "South of
Market," where the "earthquake shock
was heaviest, will not be so. thickly
peopled in the future as it was in the
past. Sites for homes for millions are
presented in farming lands of the valley
at acreage prices now, though destined
to rise in value as population pours in.
Dwellings1 can be made ; earthquake
proof at very little more cost than or
dinary structures. Concrete,, reinforced
by steel rods, is less ' expensive than
brick or stone and such construction
will stand the severest shock. The one-
story frame cottage of sound Oregon fir,
well put together, is never in danger;
the dwelling for the middle class, cost
ing between $2000 and $5000, would In
that mild, dry climate take one of the
Innumerable and varied forms given to
the unclassified type nicknamed the
bungalow and could not be demolished
by such an earthquake as occurred
April 18. Californa's redwood is well
adapted to inner walls and ceilings. It
lende itself to artistic and inexpensive
decoration.
Better environment improves man
kind. Children removed from crowded
tenements into the pure air and whole
some life represented by the family
home, however humble it be, will be
healthier and happier for the change
and more useful to the commonwealth.
Here is the rare opportunity for build
ing the model residence city of the
world, not on the mechanical plan de
vised by George M. Pullman, but by an
independent, enterprising .people for
themselves. Old' Sail Francisco for
trade, shipping " and factories; new
suburban San Francisco for homes.
A M TJ LTtPLl d T Y OF DrVORCES.
On the docket of the five divisions of
the Kansas City Circuit Courts at the
April term, this year, there were 360
divorce cases. This record that would
have been-startling ten years ago cre
ates little notice, either In Kansas City
or any other Western city of similar
population. It is simply accepted as a
feature of American life as developed
under the high pressure system of pre
vailing business, financial . and social
conditions a part merely of the great
whole. While divorce is not entirely an
evil; whiles on the contrary, it is in
some, and, indeed, many cases a bene
fit to society as well as a relief to the
individual, its rapid Increase through
out the country tells of the multiplica
tion of hasty, ill-considered marriages
that are a reproach to a prudent, con
siderate people.' Divorced persons who
do not at once remarry are. en titled to
respect and in many cases to sympathy;
but those who account : selfcontrol.' a
virtue look with a-yersion..upbnimei) aiiJ
women who. vaftejr firing ftieir domestic
grievances befOfe- the .public, make inf
decent haste t Wrry' again: -Whether
Justly ot not. '!such perspris are- suspect
ed of regarding the. marriage obligation'
as something to be assumed . and dis
regarded at w illii'- ' ": ' "' v
Between ecclesiasticishi- that forbids
divorce except for the so-called "scriptural-reason"
and prohibits the sub
sequent marriage of a man or woman
who has been divorced, and thewide
open- sate of privilege through.wbidi
many persons enter as soon as divorce
is secured to joln'a waiting confederate
In .an'othel' niatri"moniaI;-venture, lies a
narrow margin uponi which reputable
and conscientious people -tarry, glad to
be released from galling, "ilnholy bonds
and grateful for the opportunity afford
ed to make amends to society for their
matrimonial mistake by leading quiet,
circumspect and industrious lives. Such
persona may marry after a proper time;
they should marry, indeed, when suit
able opportunity offers, since every
woman is the better for being In a home
of her own, and every man is the bet
ter for having a home of his own. But
a woman or a man who secures a di
vorce from one husband or wife in
order that he or she may marry an
other, perhaps atready , selected, is
guilty of a sin against the fundamental
institution of society that calls for pub
lic contempt and private reprobation.
JfATIONAE' TUBERCriOSIS CONGRESS.
The annual meeting of the National
Association for the Study and Preven
tion of Tuberculosis will be held in
Washington, D. C, from May 16 to 18
inclusive. The president of this asso
ciation is Dr. Hermann M. Biggs, of
New York. Philadelphia, Boston, Balti
more, St. Paul, New Haven, New York,
Washington, Ann Arbor, St. Louis and
Columbus contribute the best of their
medical talent, to the formation of the
board of directors. There are also upon
the advisory board physicians from the
great ' Open-Air Sanitarium at Fort
Bayard, New Mexico; Asheville, North
Carolina, and Saranac Lake, New York,
whose- testimony as to the cure of
tuberculosis bjj.the methods prevailing
in these institutions -will be invaluable.
A glance : over the -programme: for the
days designated shows the study being
given ..to . this widely prevalent,... most
fearfully ' dreaded scourge, Jin the hope
of "preventing its spread, and of dealing
successfully with it in its early stages.
Agafhst the palpable fact' that there is
no cure for. consumption after the third
stage, has been reached, no argument is
p attempted. The keynote to the hope of
effecting a cure is sounded in the words,
"Beware of .the beginnings." Having
sounded this note, which is one of
alarm, as well as of hope, both physi
clan and the patient must inaugurate a
campaign, offensive . and defensive.
against the intruder the weapons of
which are pure air, 6uch exercise as
can be taken without exhaustion, quiet,
rest ' and ' all the nourishing food that
the system, thus invigorated, can. as
similate. Other weapons of resistance
are a mind free from anxiety and full
of a determination.
Experience in hundreds of cases has
proved that consumption thus given
battle can be vanquished and its threat
ened victim preserved to family, soci
ety and the industrial world. In the
second stage of the disease the outcome
of the battle is less hopeful. In the
third stage it is merely cruelty to the
victim to force the fight, since it is
without hope of a successful issue. The
very appearance of the - consumptive
patient at this stage of the exhausting
battle enlists sympathy and kindness,
and these decree that going from place
to place in the hope of relief is futile
while lack of rest and the comforts of
home is an infliction that increases im
measurably the suffering of the weary
patient.
Study of this malady has in recent
years occupied the time of tbe most
eminent pathologists and bacteriolo
gists of the age. both in our own and
foreign countries. It bas covered all
phases Of the disease among all peoples
and conditions. It has been shown that
the medicines so widely advertised as
cough remedies are not only without
curative qualities when the germs of
tuberculosis are present, but that, by
disturbing the digestive functions, they
weaken the subject at his strongest
point of resistance. It has been shown
further, that change of climate is bene
ficial only when it is made early and
becomes permanent, and is attended by
conditions and surroundings that con
duce to the general health and Induce
cheerfulness. And more than all, it has
shown that the hope of conquering this
disease lies in preventive rather than
Temedialaarneasures.
To thiy end measures that will prove
effective in educating the public upon
vital matters pertaining to this subject
are carefully devised and earnestly
urged. Apathy on the part of those
who most need to be alert is the most
formidable opponent that physicians
meet. Antipathy to fresh air, as wit
nessed in closing the windows of sleep
ing rooms, is another enemy to enlight
ened effort in this direction. The care
lessness of families in which there is a
tuberculosis inmate is another obstcle
to prevention of the spread of consump
tion stolid ignorance that dos not de
sire to be enlightened and blind super
stition that thinks disease Is sent or
withheld by divine enactment, are
other obstacles in the path of progress.
Many of these obstacles have been
measurably overcome. In completely
overcoming them lies complete victory
over a malady that, armed with dread
and threatening death, is scourging a
pale host literally around the world.
SOME SHIP-Sl'BSIDY CONUNDRUMS.
The Merchant Marine League of the
United States, which, as has previously
been stated, is composed of a number
of fresh-water patriots in Cleveland,
Buffalo, Cincinnati and other interior
ports, is becoming anxious over the
fate of the ship-subsidy bill. In its last
weekly batch of ready-made editorials
which "have never before been pub
lished and are offered for your use,"
there Is a genuine note of alarm over
the possible fate of the pet measure.
A long list of queries regarding the
ominous silence on the great measure
is propounded, and from among them
we cull the following:
"What are the influences that are being ex
erted upon the House merchant marine and
fisheries committee to Induce It to delay
action on the . Rooeevelt-Oongresslonal mer
chant marine commission's shipping bill?
That has become the all-absorbing subject
of wonderment among all of the friendfi of
American shipping among all of the friends
of the bill. Are there sinister Influences at
work? It has been, said, but It lip unbe
lievable, .that there are Republican members
of the committee this year who voted to
favorably report the bill last year who are
now opposed to it. It may be true, but if
it Is, they will doubtless give what they re
gard as sufficient reasons for their change
of faith.
It will be noted in the foregoing that
the M. M. L. of the U. S. has weakened
on the theory that "a rose by any other
name would smell as sweet," and in
order to give the graft a semblance of
standing in the public mind, this perni
cious scheme for abstracting money
from the Treasury now appears with
the magic name "Roosevelt" attached.
It would be interesting to have our
fresh-water subsidy boosters answer a
few questions on their own account.
-Why for example, should the bill.be
tagged with the name of a man who
"damned it with faint praise" while
Rockefeller, - Morgan, Griscom and
other real sponsors for the bill are not
even mentioned in connection with it?
Why is the M.M. L. of the U. S. mak
ing headquarters way up on the Lakes,
hundreds of miles from the seacoafft,
which is the natural place for merchant
marine sentiment to develop? Why are
these ready-made editorials boosting
for the greatest graft of the day, all
sent out under the patronage of a De
troit stove manufacturer, a Chicago
lawyer, a Cleveland banker and a
Cleveland newspaper man? Why do
these "dummies" appear in the fore
ground while the real interests behind
the bill skulk in the shadows?
But these are questions and the M.
M. L. of the U. S. asked for answers.
There. is a burning desire to know what
influences are. delaying action on the
bill. The paramount influence, and it is
far removed from "sinister," is public
sentiment. Not a corrupt, artificial,
money-made sentiment, such as is pro
mulgated in the literature of the M. M.
L. of the U. S., but a healthy, honest
sentiment that does not look with favor
on the project of robbing the United
States Treasury for the purpose of in
creasing the fortunes of the millionaire
shipowners. Certainly "there are Re
publican members of the committee this
year who voted to favorably report the
bill last year who are now opposed to
It."
It was ridiculous to presume that
such a palpable fraud as the subsidy
steal would remain undetected forever,
and next year there will be still other
Republicans who now .favor it that will
oppose it, . because they will have
learned its true nature. The ready
made: editorial distributing, agency at
Cleveland should refrain- from conun
drums regarding the ship subsidy, un
less it can propound something more
difficult to answer.
CLEANIXG-UP DAY.
Yesterday was municipal house-cleaning
day in most of the small cities and
towns of the Northwest. By the date
set by the Initiative One Hundred, May
18, Portland will be a- week behind. Yet
that need not- affect the general result
If the Rose City needs cleaning to the
extent that Mr. McKenna's committee
says it does and a person cannot gauge
the need by looking into his own yard
the work will be done. For the commit
tee has gone about it right to enlist the
helpers. Schoolboy are enthusiastic
workers for civic beauty if they are
properly directed, and the suggestion of
the committee that each school elect a
captain of this Industry is a good one.
Then, mayhap the parents will catch a
little of the spirit and give the boys a
boost. - -
But what of the vacant lots and
blocks, whose owners care for naught
but the unearned increment that is not
visible on them? Boys and . enthusi
astic grown folk can hardly be expect
ed to clean them." The men who own
them do not even try to curb the
growth of the thistle, which will later
be an eyesore as well as . violator of
the law.
Not to put a block in the way of the
wheel, however, The Oregonian hopes
the committee will have all the aid of
all the people that day. Nature has
begun to help by sending down the
gentle showers that clean the atmos
phere. Mr. McKenna and his associates
are the right kind of men to assist her.
It is true that Dr. James Withycbmbe
came to Oregon from England, and the
Democrats are entitled to ail the ad
vantage they can get out of advertising
that fact. Most Oregonians are glad
that he came, and if England has any
more men of this type we shall be
pleased to have them come and make
Oregon their home. When they have
been here 35 years, as Dr. Withycombe
has, we shall not object to their run
ning for- Governor, especially if they
can get a nomination in the direct pri
mary. This country was not built up
by antagonism of every man who was
foreign born. Some of the best, most
industrious, most enterprising, most
patriotic citizens of Oregon were born
in the British Isles, Germany, Norway,
Sweden, and other countries of Contl-
nental Europe. Many others, though
born in Oregon, have parents of for
eign birth. Many who have made Ore
gon their adopted home have the kind
of stuff in them of which good govern
ors, legislators and administrative offi
cers are made. They were earnestly in
vited to come to this state and help de
velop Jts resources and share in the
prosperity which they helped to-create.
The spirit of the people of Oregon has
been misjudged by those who think that
an aspirant for office can be defeated
upon- the ground that he was born in
England. . -
Mrs, Jefferson Davis, 80 years old and
critically ill of that arch enemy of the
aged, la grippe. In New York a few
days ago, has rallied and is now in a
fair way to recovery. Many will re
ceive this news with gratitude, though
it may be doubted whether the vener
able woman herself is one of the num
ber. Mrs. Davis has been true through
all of her long life to an ideal the ideal
South. This fact should not occasion
surprise, since to this ideal she was
born and bred and to it she was wedded.
A fast fading picture, It will perish
with her and the few of 'her day and
section, who will yet for a little time,
survive. There is a halo about It that
commands the admiration, even of those
who in these latter yeans see in it but a
passing glimpse of unreality. The old
South has passed away; its traditions
remain, but Its energies are being
rapidly merged into the practical things
of life things that are, not things that
were; things of progress, not things of
stagnation. With the parsing of Mrs
Davis beyond human sight a dark slide
will be drawn over a picture that her
imagination has kept bright during all
the waning years.
Congress is asked to pity the deplor
able condition of Millionaire Beeman
of chewing gum fame for his "total in
ability to perform manual labor," "and
to show this pity by increasing the dis
abled one's pension as a veteran of the
Civil War from $8 to $12 a month. "Pity
the sorrows of a poor old man," whose
trembling limbs can scarcely bear his
body to the private car that waits to
take him to Florida in Winter and re
turn with him to the White Mountains
in Summer! He should by all means
have the extra $4 to help him along on
his pinched and painful way. Think
what a sum it is under such pressing
circumstances! Forty-eight dollars a
year added to- the ninety-six dollars
that he already draws In pension checks
will be quite a help to. the aged man.
He should have it by all means, if for
no other reason than that - it would
serve to show the absurdity to which
the pension laws of the country have
been pushed by vote-seeking Congress-
There is a carping spirit in Congress
man Hepburn's criticism of the Navy
that the country will not approve. Great
Britain knows something about operat
ing warships and has had several cen
turies of experience; yet accidents
happen to her vessels just as they do
to ours, and quite, as often. Maybe
somebody's to blame for the Rhode Is
land getting out of the channel, but
Mr. Hepburn perhaps doesn't know that
steering 15.000 tons of steel is attended
by greater uncertainty than driving a
wagonload of corn over an Iowa road
in daylight.
Mr. Bourne struck the keynote of the
campaign in his Corvallis letter.. The
question to be decided by the people of
Oregon in June is whether the National
administration shall be indorsed or re
pudiated. :A Republican defeat will be
hailed everywhere by the Democracy
and the other opponents of President
Roosevelt as a distinct expression of
disapproval of him and all his acts.
This is in a peculiar sense an "opening
gun" campaign the forerunner of the
Congressional and state elections this
fall and of the Presidential election in
1908. ' '
Thirty-five years really ought to be
long enough to place a young English
born immigrant on probation before he
is admitted into the sacred circle of
American citizenship. The people who
are finding fault with James Withy
combe for being .born out of this coun
try would have made a lot of trouble for
that fresh young Englishman, Alex
ander Hamilton, who came to this coun
try at seventeen as Withycombe did
and actually held a military commis
sion under George Washington before
he was of age.
If Senator Carmack had been present,
he. would have voted for a sea-level
canal. The only reason Senator Car
mack was not present was that he was
down in Tennessee trying to still a loud
and persistent demand that he remain
at home indefinitely. Even in Ten
nessee the fact that the President wants
something Is not considered sufficient
reason for opposing it, which is the Car
mack idea of how to be a statesman.
Sixty per cent of the space of the San
Francisco dailies is used by advertisers.
Bay City merchants show faith as well
as hustle. Which reminds one of the
colored' brother who didn't ask -the
Lord for chicken; if. He would only
point the way, he'd get the bird all
right. '
Notice by a labor union that it will
fine a member for attending religious
worship with a denomination which
supports an unfair printing house, pre
sents an interesting and unique phase
of discipline.
Unless the Sultan changes attitude
with unwonted celerity, the Associated
Press will have need for a corps of first
class descriptive correspondents at
Constantinople.
If Rockefeller had endowed the Insti
tute for Medical Research twenty years
ago, he might now be successfully treat
ed for extreme baldness.
We might come a little-nearer agree
ing with Senator Bailey if he had ac
cused Roosevelt of being uncommon
clay.
Tomorrow is Olympia's clean-up day,
which is about ten months ahead of
time, as the third house figures.
The British fleet heading for Constan
tinople lacks one equipment. Richard
Harding Davis is absent.
No doubt - Senator Bailey took that
delicate way of insinuating that Roose
velt is a brick.
The Czar also has on tap a few
trenchant opinions about " the muck
HAWLEY AS A PUBLIC SPEAKER
The political campaign of 1906 has
brought to general attention the oratori
cal powers of a man whose talents In
other particulars have been widely known
tor years, but whose effectiveness as a
public speaker has been known by few.
Spoken of In tones of derision as & mere
schoolteacher at the beginning of this
campaign, W. C. Hawley, the Republican
nominee for Congress in the First Dis
trict, has demonstrated his ability not
only as an accomplished orator, but as a
ready "mixer," a ' warm-hearted, com
panionable man. and, in short, an exceed
ingly good politician. His speeches since
the general campaign began have con
firmed the belief his admirers formed
during the primary contest that he pos
sesses the intellectual attainments, the
grace of style, the forccfulness of deliv
ery, the width of resource and the un
derstanding of human nature which en
title him to be ranked among Oregon's
leaders In public speaking.
Those who may have regarded his as
pirations with contempt have no occasion
to do so" now. He has proven himself a
good vote-getter by personal work on the
street or In stores and offices, wherever mt
may mingle with men, and a winner of
votes by the persuasive force of his pre
sentation of fact and argument from the
platform in campaign rallies. His moat
successful address was that which he .de
livered at McMlnnville Friday night,
when, though last on the programme and
limited for time, he held his audience un
til half-past 10 o'clock at night in such
rapt attention that the drop of a pin
could have been heard between his sen
tences. Men of experience who have
heard many political speakers in Oregon
pronounc him one of the best the state
has produced, and predict for him a ca
reer of usefulness and honor to the state
and credit to himself, if he should be
elected to the seat in Congress for which
he has-been nominated.
Those who have known Professor Haw
ley for many years are not surprised at
his achievements, though they admit that
he has surpassed their expectations. His
lifework has been such as to develop the
powers he has attained. Born and reared
upon a farm, where by hard work he
built up a splendid physique, educated In
academy and college while maintaining
himself by his own exertions, pursuing
Industriously extensive investigations of
economic problems while serving as a
professor In Willamette" University, mln
gUng with men of affairs in the manage
ment of the business interests of an order
to which he belongs, and in the man
agement of the Willamette Valley Chau
tauqua Association, he has developed a
well-rounded,' substantial, energetic man
hood fitted for almost any work to which
he may be called. Known everywhere a-s
a clean, high-minded man, honest in con
victions and sincere in purposes, he has
won the confidence and esteem of politi
cal friends and'political foes.
A strong physique has been an advan
tage to him as a public speaker. Tall of
figure, broad-shouldered, deep-chested,
with well-polsed head an intellectual cast
of countenance; his personal appearance
upon the platform proclaims him a leader
among men. A full, clear, resonant voice,
which will reach the farthest corner of
the largest pub-Mo hall in Oregon, with
scarcely an effort, adds to that sense of
solidity and profundity which an audi
ence feels when he rises to speak. In
language simple and clear, without af
fectation -or bombast, he presents his
arguments, ' tells his stories and makes
his appeals to the higher feelings of lis
auditors. His gestures are few, ut appropriate,-
adding foree to the initial
earnestness of his expression. There is
no attempt to "play to the galleries," no
resort to the subtleties of rhetoric only
a direct, sincere effort to instruct,, to
persuade and to entertain. Though qual
ified to address an audience of people of
high education, his style Is accommodated
to the average audience at a political
meeting.
Special attention to constitutional and
international law, political economy and
American history has given him a wealth
of varied resource in debate which few
men possess. Habits of concentrated and
orderly thought,' careful analysis and
rigid logic, together with quick compre
hension, readiness at apt illustration and
mastery of facts, make him not merely
an elocutionist or a declalmer, but an
orator In the broadest sense of the term.
His ability to carry his audience with
flights of eloquence is very pronounced
In- the use of pathos and humor, he is a
master. His perfect imitation of the
characters in a story make his anecdotes
irresistible, and his hearers are invaria
bly convulsed with laughter when he
concludes a story, of which he always has
a good supply. . .
These qualities he has possessed and de.
veloped within a' field of work which
brought him very little before the general
public. He has made political speeches
in a number of campaigns, but has not
heretofore been recognized as a' man of
unusual ability in that line. This contest
has brought into prominence the powers
which a few acquaintances believed were
bis, and has placed him among the beet
of Oregon public speakers.
This characterization, written without
his knowledge or suggestion,' by one who
heard his address at McMlnnville, pic
tures a man who has always been a hard
worker, in the hayfield, in the school
room, in his library, or in his business af
fairsa man whose worldly possessions,
associations and interests give him a na
tural sympathy and affiliation for the
common' people. H. W. P.
Cat Plnya Chore Orgasu
. Cincinnati Enquirer.
"Meo-o-o-ow" came in a prolonged wail
from the pipe, organ at St. Luke's Evan
gelical Church at York, Pa., as the water
power was turned on and -the organist
started to play a prelude from Mendels
sohn. The. organist reddened and the mem
bers of the choir shifted about uneasily,
but the former showed his pluck by pre
tending that he had not heard anything.
He started in again, but as his fingers
pressed the keys of the Instrument an
other weird howl came from the depths of
the organ. He stopped abruptly and
turned appealingly toward the pastor. His
confidence returned in a measure when he
discovered that Rev. Albert Bell had heard
it. too.
"We will dispense with the organ selec
tion until after the collection has been
taken," announced the minister, while a
suppressed titter swept over the congre
gation. But when the organ emitted a
bloodcurdling snarl on the third attempt
to operate it the organist surrendered un
conditionally and music was abandoned
for the entire service.
At the close of the sermon the janitor
screwed up his courage and crawled into
the interior of the instrument. He found
a big white cat pinned under the key
board. '
Woaldm't They Make Great Team?
New York Commercial.
John L. Sullivan is alleged to have
offered Dowle $1000 a week to appear
with him in a vaudeville turn. It is
suggested that they would do well as
the Havebeen Brothers.
THE PESSIMIST. . . ,
After Creffield was thoroughly dead, it
was discovered that a number of people
wanted to kill him. It has been observed,
however, with the exception of Mitchell,
that they all managed to restrain them
selves. ,
I once had a dog. He was a brave fox
hound named Ponto. Ponto had a voica
that was terrifying In the extreme. He
made a specialty of frightening small
girls who attempted to steal apples in our
frontyard. In an inconsiderate moment,
Ponto attacked a woodchuck. The wood
chuck was an indiscriminate, beast- He
failed to note the awe-inspiring element
in Ponto's voice. He licked Ponto in 3 1-5
seconds. Ponto was about to start for
home, when he noticed that I had perma
nently incapacitated the woodchuck with
a club. His ferocity was really terrible,
the way he shook that dead woodchuck.
Human nature is the same, no matter
whether in a dog or a man.
- ,
A long time ago I read a story; it was
a pathetic tale of how a noble young man
carried out the wishes of a dying father.'
It had a moral, this story. All good sto
ries have morals; I have forgotten nearly "
all of the story, except the moral, but I
will do the best I can.
The young man was a stranger, newly
arrived in a strange town. The young
man did not drink, nor gamble, and the
time hung heavily on his hands. He
stopped before a brilliantly lighted place
of entertainment. It looked good to him,
so he. went In. It cost hli a lot, but he
got a good seat. Ho did not enjoy the
show. Before him, on the stage, were
some foreign-looking people gabbling In
an unknown tongue. The programme told
him that the language was Ftenth. When
the noise ceased at the end of the first
act, he addressed an earnest iiiiividual
who sat beside him:
"Stranger In town?"
"No, I live here."
"Do you understand French?" t
"No; why?" (
"Been In town right along? i
"Yes." ' ' v
"Did you know what this was befor
you came?"
"Yes, I've seen the divine Sarah several
times before."
"And you say that you do not under
stand French?"
"No; it Is not necessary. Her living
gestures, her overflowing magnetism, the
modulations of her voice, her -very ges
ticulations, ' make language an ignoble
thing to convey a thought; her "
"Stranger," interrupted the young man,
"my father on his dying bed stayed his
progress toward that bourne from which
no traveler returns, he cast off by deter
mined effort the approaching drowsiness
that preceded the long sleep that claimed
him forever; mustering the last remnants
of his waning strength, he raised himself
from his pillow. Son,' said he, 'some
where in this world, helples and uncare4
for, adrift, a. derelict on the troubled sea
of life, you will find a bigger fool than
you are. Be good to him, son; he will
need your help."
"Stranger," solemnly continued the
young man, "you win. ' You are it. J I
do not drink, but I would. Let us go out
and drown our troubles In the flowing
bowl."
One of the ways eminent scientists have
of attracting attention to themselves is to
predict the end of the world. It is only
the . most, indifferent who disregard the
voice of science when It speaks of the. fin
ish. Edison, -who is something of a sci
entist, but mostly- an inventor, has ran
easier way. When be' feels a hankering
for fame, he invents a new storage bat
tery, one that will revolutionize the trans
portation systems of the world. 'Revo
lutionize" Is an excellent word. It indi
cates that, sooner or- later, some one will
write for a catalogue,-and ask-if the new
contrivance can be bought on the install
ment plan but we are forgetting the emi
nent scientist who tells us how the final
thing will happen. '
One noted astronomer, after reviewing
the prophecies in the Bible and casting
them aside as puerile, outlines several
plans, one of which the Deity will prob
ably follow when he gets tired of his
works.
Luckily for us, the plan that is easiest
of execution is the one that will take
longest to do. The sun will get dimmer
and dimmer, and our planet will get cold
er and colder; our coal bills will get
higher and higher, until we shall all be
dead from cold. That is surely a dread
ful prospect, but It will be 15,000,000 years
before we are all in.
A more speedy process, but one that re
quires some skill and care, is to hit us
with a comet. The impact will not Jar
us much, as comets are known to be soft.
It is the hydrogen gas, which makes up
most of the bulk of the comet, that will
do the damage. Ignited by a lighted cig
arette which some smoker will carelessly
throw away, it will unite with the oxygen
of the air, go off with a big pop. and
there will be nothing left of us but a
memory of what we were.
Grand and terrible are the operations of
Nature when in a destructive mood! Great
and ineffable is the knowledge of the sci
entist who lets us know about such
things.
e
Answers to Correspondents.
LUCILLE No, "Lese-majeste" is not
the title of a French King. It is the sym
bol of divinity. It means that Emperor
Willie is the perfect one; and if any one
should happen to forget It, he Is obliged
to hie himself to some donjon-keep and
stay there until he knows who Willie Is.
' VERITAS "Is it necessary to have an
inquest whenever a person dies?" Only
when the deceased has been treated by a
Christian. Scientist. When a patient suc
cumbs under the treatment of the regular
physician, the cause of his death is , so
obvious that an Inquest has been deemed
unnecessary.
JESSIE When Harold comes to see you
again, do not be afraid that he will go
away should you happen to stop talking.
He will stay longer, because it will please
him so, to see your sweet face in repose.
ETTA KETT Every true gentleman
takes off his hat in a hotel elevator when
ladies are present, no matter how crowded
the elevator is. Should there be no room
for his hat when he takes it off, he must
get out and walk.
RUTH I think you will like George bet
ter when you get used to him. Young
men have spent two years in England be
fore, and have recovered. However.
'halT' is not pronounced "haf": neither
Is "laugh" iaf." You should not blame
George for pronouncing his words cor
rectly since he came back.
M. B. WELLS.
Twain's Grrea Bar Tree Life.
Exchange.
If Hon. Mark Twain expects to write
an autobiography this Summer that will
do for the rest of his life, his friends will
hope that disappointment will- crown his
effort, and that ten years hence he will
have a busy Summer In preparing a sup
plementary volume.