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A MCW KKA INDKM).
After all 'xprrloneo ts reprcsonta
tit Riivornmi-m u fulluve? Tluit it Is
a failure Ih iho ns.xiiinptlin of thoue
who hnvo offrreil snnif two score pro
lrt.i HRiilnst ri'irri'nlallvo irovrrn
iiii'nt, unilrr Inltlittlve and referendum.
Should theMo be adtipted, there would
he little left of the old constitution,
and the habit established by the
rhanere would quickly sweep ctiyay all
or most that rehiuined.
It was not foreknown, nor could It
have been, thai every hobby, enter
tained by one . or another who had
striven all their lives fur recognition
In vain would be let loose on the
state, under this system; and that con
stant fiiiiird would have to be kept,
sud armor on all the time for warfare,
to ward oft the OaiiKcr of adoption of
schemes of various kinds, w hich' could
ltd no recognition whatever' under the
representative system, that requires
deliberation, examination and careful
study, and is likely to obtain it when
representatives of the whole people are
assembled for consideration of mat
ters lhal concern the atate.
There Is nothing so hobbyhorslcal,
fatuous, or absurd, as not to be sub
ject to proposal under this system of
li'Klslatiou. Most persons will sign
any petition, to Ret rid of the Impor
tunUy tif solicitors. The solicitors
themselves may be hired, and com
monly they are. to set signatures at
so much for each name. It was done
two years hrii. it has been done on
(treater scale, but just now the con
sequence is presentation of an Im
mense mass of stun" to the voter, to be
considered in the preparation of his
ballot, but which four-fifths never will
read, and few of those who may read
will carefully welnh. The Constitution
itself may be chanfred as easily as a
statute, and now we have a dor.eti of
these proposals which are likely to
carry, throuph the indifference of the
voter and his want of knowledge of
the consequences of his neglect or of
his act.
The assumption that representative
government Is a failure is responsible
for this state of things. It Is perver
sion of the Idea upon which the Initia
tive system was adopted. That system
presupposed an advance in civics and
t Ivism w hich would forbid efforts to
abolish the principle of equal taxa
tion, or a proposal to set aside distinct
provisions of the Constitution of the
I'nlted States.
.Hut it ts said that if the people
make a mistake they will correct It.
It Is not to be feared that they will
make mistakes, after vigilant exam
ination. But these proposals will not
receive careful attention from the
body of the electorate. The majority
will neglect the whole string of them,
refusing the bother. That they will
be adopted through default Is most
likely. Besides, the common citizen,
attending to his duties, does not like
to he kept on guard duty all the time
lo prevent ravishment of the Consti
tution and laws by various groups of
hohhyists and utoplsts. who seem to
have nothing to do but sha-pen their
knives against the country and Its ra
tional peace.
The sstem has been wholly per
erted from the intent of the great
majority of those by whose votes it
was adopted. Every Ideologist, who in
ordinary conditions has been unable
lo get a hearing, goes forth rejoicing,
a an upsetter of constitutions and fab
ricator of laws. It Is a new era. In
deed. examinations In the public schools
this week are In evidence that the first
half of the second term cf the current
ear has passed. Vacation will soon
be here and with It will come the
perplexing question of planning and
providing room for the additional pu-
plls that will seek accommodation and
Instruction In Heptember. A member
of the rV-hooi Board In to be chosen In
the meantime to succeed Herman Wit
tenberg, whoso tenure of office will ex
pire In June. This question I more
momentous than Its simple statement
Implies. If a new man Is chosen It
should be one not unfamiliar with the
duties of the position and the needs of
the district. The public school prob
lem Is a large and constantly growing
one, and to its solution the best Judg
ment of good citizens should be
brought. Much Intelligent and consci
entious effort Is being brought to bear
upon It. In the very nature of things
this effort. If even reasonable success
Is attained, must be unremitting and
progressive. Jt Is not too early for the
question Involved 1n the election of a
School Director to be canvassed.
MR. HVRKtcrT AS A U.TTfcR-W RITT.R.
C. A. Barrett, who Is a candidate for
the Legislature from Umatilla County,
as a Kepubllcan, with Statement No. 1
reservations, several days since sent to
The Oregonian a letter In reply to a
communication from W. C. Tweedale
In Albany. In discussion of Statement
No. 1. In course of his letter, Mr.
Barrett took occasion to Instruct The
Oregonian at some length as to Its
duty to the public In acceptance and
publication of communications from
uninformed correspondents. "The
Oregonian," declared Mr. Barrett,
"should print nothing misleading,
nothing but the plain, unvarnished
truth of the great political Issues be
fore the people, especially when such
Issues are based upon law. a a a
The Oregonian knows that the con
struction In said (Tweedale) communi
cation Is not only false and unfounded,
hut likely to mislead many voters, and.
this being so. Is it doing right by thou
sands of Its readers to give space to
such an article?"
Mr. Barrett assumes a good deal
when he undertakes to say what The
Oregonian knows and what It doesn't
know, and he assumes more w-hen he
declares that It should undertake to
control the opinions and the expres
sions of Its correspondents. The Ore
gonian Is a forum for discussion of
public affairs of pertinence and mo
ment. All sorts of people have all
sorts of opinions, and they seek to
present such opinions through the col
umns of The Oregonian. W hat would
Mr. Barrett have The Oregonian do?
He would have this newspaper say to
Its readers, not only that they might
be addressed through Its columns only
by certain selected writers or speakers,
but that these writers and speakers
must have certain appruved opinions
(approved by The Oregonian), or they
must go elsewhere to reach the public
ear. The Oregonian, then, could never
have printed the public addresses of
Mr. Bryan, for example. Or, in any
event, it could have permitted Its read
ers to have from him only those par
ticular views which happened to meet
the approbation of this newspaper. If
there were any, ahd It would have had
to eliminate from his speeches those
opinions or sentiments that The Ore
gonian might have thought misleading
or false or dangerous or unsound. It
may be Imagined that neither Mr.
Bryan, nor his many thousand follow
ers among the readers of The Ore
gonian, nor those other thousands of
our readers who do not Indorse Mr.
Bryan, but who want to know what he
has to say. would have been satisfied
with this policy. It Is a policy that
would have deprived them of a vast
volume of Illuminating discussion on
many public topics from many sources.
Of course, they would have been
driven elsewhere for their reading and
information.
These views of its duty to the public
The Oregonian ventured to express to
Mr. Barrett In a letter to him' return
ing his communication with thanks.
The errors in Mr. Tweedale's com
munication had already been corrected
by other correspondents. It was, there
fore, a sheer waste" of space to print
an article from Mr. Barrett on this
subject. The Oregonian refrained
from saying In Its letter to him what It
felt, that It would be a needless waste
of space to print a letter from him on
ny subject, for it didn't want to hurt
his feelings. Tet now It finds that he
has caused his letter of Instruction to
The Oregonian to be printed else
where. The Oregonian, therefore,
feels Justified In giving the facts about
tho Barrett-Tweedale episode the pub
licity of its columns and In saying. In
this mild fashion, what It thinks of Mr.
Barrett as a letter writer.
GI-ASS FROSTS KOR PAI-OOVd.
Salem has enacted a liquor ordi
nance which requires, among other
things, that barrooms shall have un
obstructed glass fronts not less than
ten feet wide, and they shall be not
more than live feet above the side
walk. This regulation means that any
man or woman whose eyes are Ave
feet from the ground can see the in
terior of any barroom. The purpose
of this requirement evidently Is to
lessen the number of violations of the
law by making detection more prob
able. A saloon "with an open front
will hardly dare to permit minors to
loiter around or to drink liquors. Sales
to drunken men will be made less com
mon, for passersby on the street may
see the Intoxicated man getting his
unlawful drink. The open-front sa
loon can scarcely permit the presence
of women or girls or disorderly men.
The unstained glass front should,
therefore, result In more satisfactory,
or. rather, less unsatisfactory condi
tions in the liquor business.
At the same time, even this regula
tion cannot be effective in removing
some of the evils of the saloon unless
officers Insist upon rigid compliance,
if permitted to do so by complaisant
officers, saloons will soon find a way
to shut off the view from the street
and practically nullify an ordinance of
that kind. The ordinary citizen going
about his business will not take the
trouble to step up to a barroom win
dow and look In, nor will he care to
Incur the enmity of the proprietor by
doing so. If he knows that the ordi
nance Is being violated he will not
make complaint. However good Its
provisions, therefore, the effectiveness
of the measure depends almost entirely
upon the attitude of city officers to
ward law enforcement.
In adopting this ordinance, Salem Is
making an important experiment In
regulation of the liquor traffic. Appar
ently the ordinance had the support of
a considerable proportion of the liquor
dealers themselves, who realizing that
they must choose between stricter reg
ulation and prohibition, gave their as
sent to what was to them the lesser
of two evils. Had they ten years ago
favored such regulations as are con
tained tn the Salem ordinance (open
fronts, removal of boxes, elimination
of women, and forfeiture of license for.
violation they would not have been
compelled to fight a local option law
and Its consequent prohibition move
ments. As It Is, there are strong in
dications that.thelrs has been a deatl
bed repentance.
TDK TMKNTV-HVf: t;RtAT:T MP.
Mr. T. J. McCIeary, of Minnesota,
sometime Congressman, but now an
chored In the Fostofflce Department,
that safe harbor of storm-battered
politicians, once wrote a book on
"Civics." The book was admirable
for many reasons, but its fame rested
most firmly on a list It contained of
all the "greatest" things In the world.
There were to be found by In
quiring scholars of the Minnesota
schools the name of the fattest pig.
the homeliest woman, the meanest
man. the most eloquent preacher and
the wisest statesman In the world, to
gether with an Infinity of other delec
table Items of knowledge. This book
made Mr. McCIeary a Congressman.
His list of "greatest" things appealed
so warmly to the American heart that
nobody could refuse to vote for him
until the book was out of date. TTien,
alas, he was retired to Inglorious re
pose In tho Fostofflce.
This moving tale Illustrates the per
ennial Interest of mankind In pre-eminence.
We are always delighted to
know as much as possible about who
ever or whatever Is on top. Sometimes
this Interest prompts a man to set
forth a list of the "hundred best
books," sometimes h urges one to climb
the highest mountain. Just now it Is
inspiring the profound intellect of the
Eastern press to settle the list of the
world's twenty-five greatest men. To
the Ingenious Westerner it would seem
advisable to define what Is meant by
"greatness" before setting out to mak'
the list. Is greatness to be measured
by a man's character or by the effect
he has produced upon the world? If
the former rule Is adopted, then there
is high authority for believing that
most of our Miltons have died Inglor
ious and that the human gems of
purest ray serene have lain darkling in
unfathomed caves of oblivion. Per
chance the world's finest characters
are unknown to fame. We must, there
fore, define greatness by the effect
which a man has produced. Greatness
Is an attribute of action and not of
character.
But this Is not quite satisfactory,
either. Many stupendous results have
flowed from accident or luck. Indi
viduals have gained the glory of them,
but they have gained It without desert.
The reat effect of a man's actions is
often very different from what his
tory tells us. and In distributing the
meed of fame the memory of the race
has been guilty of gross Injustice. Per
haps the greatest men of all are those
who combine exalted character with
far-reaching activity, either of thought
or conduct. This would make our list
of greatest men begin with the relig
ious geniuses like Buddha. Confucius
and Mahomet. It Is safe to say that
no other mere men have ever ap
proached them, either in strength of
character or Influence upon the world.
A tentative list of the twenty-five
greatest men which appeared In the
New York World Is reproduced fcere:
Mnaea. rUtaJtraueare.
Homer.
PeHclca.
Plato.
ArUtot la.
Archlmedee.
Julius t'sesnr.
AuRimtua Caeaar.
t'httt lemagne.
Panle.
H;uxn.
I 'romwell.
Newton.
B. ethoven.
t Wiethe.
Franklin. '
Nhpu Ion.
Lincoln.
h inerHoit.
Mlllon.
John Klek.
I.onardo da Vinci. Herbert Km n.'er
Uallieo.
It begins with Moses, who may be
banished without . hesitation. If he
ever cstod. he neither founded' a re
ligion like BuddMu. nor gained a nu
merous following like Mahomet. The
Influence of Israel upon the world has
come from its prophets and not to a
large degree from the writings attrib
uted to Moses. The Philadelphia In
quirer thinks Pericles ought not to be
called the greatest statesman, but his
claim to the title is respectable. Urote
has no doubt of his pre-eminence, and
in this Judgment he follows Thucy
dldes. who was the ablest critic of poli
tics In the ancient world. Tho list
Includes one Jew and five Greeks, for
Archimedes the Syracusan, was a
Greek. This shows how lightly the
popular mind regards spiritual emi
nence in comparison with more world
ly qualities.
After Aristotle one could easily find
fault with every name In the list ex
cept Shakespeare and possibly Goethe
and Lincoln, but among the last four
or five some are absurd. Kmerson was
great only because his American con
temporaries were little. John Fiske
was a pleasant writer and a correct
thinker, but he .had no vestiges of
greatness. Wrere we to attempt the
Impossible task of listing the world's
twenty-five greatest men we should
probably begin with Confucius or Ma
homet, always .premising that the
name of -the Gallleean Is not admis
sible.' For a poet, we should choose
Shakespeare, who was greater than
Homer. Leibnitz, who invented the
calculus, would do for a mathemati
cian since the calculus ts the best aid
to exact thought that has ever been
devised. Julius-Caesar might suffice
for the warrior, though probably Han
nibal better deserves the place. Cer
tainly Phidas ought to be the artist,
Plato the philosopher and possibly
Pericles, or Cavour, or maybe Riche
lieu, the statesman. At that point we
should give up in despair.
A "EW-OM DEMAND.
The question of raising the battle
ship Maine, though quiescent for some
time, has never been dropped. In
compliance with a resolution lately
passed by the House of Representa
tives. Secretary Metcalf sent to Con
gress a few days ago the Information
in possession of the Navy Department
concerning the wreck of the Maine
and the men who went down with her.
In order to float the ship and recover
and bring back the bodies of the men
the Government will have to enter Into
a convention with Cuba for the pur
pose of arranging details and confer
ring due authority. According to esti
mates furnished by Mr. Metcalf, an ex
penditure of $50,000 will be required
to float the long-submerged wreck. It
may be hoped that the purpose will be
realized and the final chapter of the
story of the Spanish-American war, of
which the destruction of the Maine
was the beginning, will be added to
history.
Time has applied the balm of bis
healing to the fierce resentment that
was aroused by the explosion that sent
the Maine to the bottom of Havana
harbor in almost the twinkling of an
eye a decade ago. The determination
to learn the cause of the explosion.
and hold to a strict accountability any
party or nation that might be found
to be responsible for the appalling
disaster was quickly aroused. It was
silenced for a time by the brilliant tri
umphs of Dewey at Manila and Samp
son and Schley at Santiago. At the
close of the war. some of the bodies
were recovered, returned to the t'nlled
States and burled with the honors of
war. Other bodies are still confined
In the sunken vessel and It Is the laud
able desire to give them proper sepul
ture that Is behind the Insistent, con
stantly recurring demand that the
Maine be brought to the surface.
I'pon this basis the demand Is legit
imate. There Is no longer hot resent
ment In the demand. Time and the
events that closely followed the dis
aster to the Maine have disposed of all
that. But. as is seemly, patriotic pur
pose still survives and voices again
the demand that the vessel be floated
and her long-Imprisoned dead be given
burial with the honors due to men
who die In the service of their coun
try. The words. "Remember the
Maine," are no longer, as once, a war
cry, hot with resentment and defiance.
They are simply Instinct with a lofty,
patriotic purpose which will be satis
fied only when Its object Is achieved.
THE SPREAD OF ANARCHY.
In recent news reports it Is Inti
mated that the doctrines of anarchy
are spreading . widely In the United
States. Many groups have been "dis
covered" In different sections of the
country, with from half a dozen to
twenty members In each; Government
officials have compiled lists of their
names and "they are to be carefully
watched", from this time on. One's
first Impulse upon reading these ac
counts Is to wonder what machinery
the Government has for keeping close
watch upon the movements and opin
ions of private Individuals throughout
the country. There Is In America no
highly organized system of spies such
as European monarchies possess. In
fact. It has hitherto been our theory
that the regulation of the conduct of
individuals was a matter which might
best be left to the states. The sys
tematic Federal observation of private
life with the Intent to make out lists
of "suspects" Is an Importation from
foreign lands which will strike Ameri
cans as a decided novelty.
But perhaps It has become neces
sary. The growth of philosophical an
archism In this country Is a fact which
must be reckoned with, and very
likely there will be no dissent from the
opinion that It Is to be regretted, ex
cept, of course, among the anarchists
themselves. Still, many may believe
that It would be better to seek out the
causes which promote the growth of
anarchy, and If possible remove them,
than to resort to repressive measures.
In Europe such measures have been
tried for a long time with a much
more effective machinery of spies and
police than we possess, and In general
they have failed. Anarchy continues
to spread on the continent of Europe.
It has even Invaded England. Nor Is
the doctrine confined to little groups
of men and women meeting In dark
rooms In fear of the police. It perme
ates European literature. There are
few great geniuses producing works of
the Imagination In Italy, Germany or
Scandinavia today who are not an
archists. Not only has anarchism conquered
literature, but it is the only theory of
human conduct which seems to havo
much standing among philosophers.
Old as the sophist Gorgias with whom
Socrates threshed out the theory In
Athens, anarchism had Its modern re
juvenescence In the doctrines of
Schopenhauer. This philosopher, who
Is only now coming to his own In the
Intellectual world, taught that the en
ergy which continually creates the sen
sible universe is Will. He taught that
will Is the originating cause of all that
happens, not only in living things, but
In the realm of mere mechanics also.
Moreover, he went on to say that un
gratlfied. or unexecuted, will Is a con
tinual source of misery to men and at
this point came In the Schopenhauer
Ian pessimism. It Is Impossible, he
said, that the will to live can ever be
fully gratified, hence It Is Impossible
that misery should ever cease. What
follows? Why. that death Is better
than life and that It is the duty of all
human beings to extinguish their ex
istence. Modern literature and philosophy
have followed Schopenhauer up to the
point where his pessimism came In,
but no further. There they part com
pany with him. It Is denied that the
will to live a complete life can not be
fulfilled. Hence it Is also denied that
misery is incurable. The almost unan
imous voice of tho modern Intellectual
world Is that evil can be cured, and
that the cure must come from the free
development of the Individual will.
This is philosophical anarchy. It has
produced two schools of sociologists.
One school holds that the Individual
will tan reach Its finest flower under
directive authority of the social will,
which Is to penetrate everywhere and
regulate all conduct. These are the
socialists. The other school holds that
there must be no interference with the
individual by the state. These are the
anarchists. They would abolish the
state and disintegrate society into its
units. Under socialism the individual
would exercise his free volition only
through the society of which he forms
a part. Under anarchism there would
be nothing to restrain him except the
will of his fellow men acting Individu
ally like himself.
Thus far the social organization of
the United States has not been based
upon pure anarchism or pure social
ism, either. Its theory Is a mingling
of both, and we all like to believe that
the mingling Is judicious. But since
the Civil War we have beyond question
been drifting toward anarchy. That
is, the individual will has been victor
ious over the social will, and those
men In whom volition Is strong and
unscrupulous have had little trouble
In doing just about as they liked. Dur
ing this period our courts and lawyers
have said a great deal against phil
osophical - anarchy; but, at the same
time, the' have all been upholding
that Identical doctrine under the spe
cious name of individualism." One
of the most diligent propagators of the
philosophy of Ibsen, Bernard Shaw,
Nletsche and Herbert Spencer In this
country is the United States Supreme
Court, which never loses a chance to
defend philosophical anarchy In Its ar
guments and establish it by decisions
and rulings.
It is not asserted that the court docs
this knowingly. In all probability that
august tribunal Is entirely Ignorant of
the origin and trend of Its social the
ories. Still the fact ts not to be gain
said. Most of our recent law might
have been taken bodily out of Ibsen's
play. He would probably have been
astonished at the lengths to which our
courts have gone In practicing his the
ory of anarchism, but with the general
tendency he would have agreed heart
ily. The anarchism of Ibsen and Ber
nard Shaw demands only a conditional
freedom of the Individual will. The
anarchism of courts like the Supreme
Court of California, sets the Individual
will free from all restraint whatever.
With the tendency toward philosoph
ical anarchy so marked In our highest
tribunals. Is It any wonder that the
doctrine spreads among private per
sons? While providing officials to ob
serve the little groups of anarchists
scattered about the country, would It
not be well also for the Government to
set apart a few to keep watch upon
the courts?
The rapid development of fruit
growing In the Willamette Valley wilf
have one effect which has not been
taken Into consideration by those who
have discussed the subject at various
times and from various viewpoints.
Increase of orchard area means cor
responding decrease of grain fields and
hay ameadows. More than that. It
means a rapid Increase In the local de
mand for grain and hay. Thus we shall
see that while the local supply of grain
and hay Is decreasing because the land
Is being devoted to other crops, the
demand Is steadily and permanently
Increasing. Three horses do all the
work on a grain farm of 160 acres.
When that 160 acres has been cut up
Into 20-acre orchards It will require
16 to 20 horses to do the work on the
same area of land. The remaining
fields must furnish the oats and hay
for five times as many horses, to say
nothing of the cows the orchardlsts
keep. Already some parts of the Val
ley are producing less wheat than Is
needed to supply the local flour mills,
and hay Is frequently shipped to the
Valley from Eastern' Oregon. It Is a
safe prediction that hereafter there
will always be a live local market for
all the grain and hay the Valley may
produce.
The symphony concerts now being
given In Portland may fairly rank as
of prime Importance among local
events. To the young they afford an
opportunity of hearing high-class mu
sic and such opportunities are rare In
this part of the country. Whatever
one's personal Judgment about music
may be, the Intellectual world sets a
high value upon It and cultivated
opinion everywhere holds that Igno
rance of music is no more excusable
than Ignorance of reading. At the
very best those who grow up In Port
land can acquire only a somewhat
vague knowledge of this exquisite fir t,
and the rare opportunities which coma
to us should, therefore be valued all
the more highly. Those who have left
homes In Eastern cities to live In Port
land will naturally appreciate these
concerts as a return to the culture and
charm of their old environment, where
art of all sorts Is naturally further ad
vanced than It Is here. But the best
effect of the symphony concerts will
be to excite an appetite for more of
the same kind.
Notwithstanding the allegation that
there is strong sentiment against
Roosevelt In some quarters, we don't
see any conventions ' adopting antl
Ftoosevelt platforms or candidates de-
daring their antagonism to Roosevelt's
policies. Most politicians are men of
at least average ability.
Won't It work a miracle If the man,
presumably guilty of land fraud, who
added $204 to Uncle Sam's conscience
fund, serves to sting the conscience of
his ' Oregon confreres? Add five
ciphers to the amount mentioned and
you will approximate the sum filched
from the Government.
There are 24,000 and more Repub
licans registered tn Multnomah County
and 6000 Democrats. This is the only
state anywhere where one Democrat
regularly outnumbers five Repub
licans, and the only place on earth
where one Democrat can whip five Re
publicans. Up In an Eastern Oregon district.
Statement No. 1 advocates are going
to put up an Independent Legislative
candidate against the successful Re
publican nominee. Once more we see
how much concerned Statement No. 1
Republicans are for Republican suc
cess. The reason why so many voters are
registered as Republicans Is a simple
and pretty reason. When men went
to the office of registration they were
asked of what party they wpre. The
general answer was, "oh, I haven't
any politics! Set me-down as a Re
publican." A Chicago doctor has Invented what
he calls "Temperance Beer," contain
ing no alcohol and intended for sale in
"dry" counties. Here's guessing that
if it finds Bale It will contain something
to make a man make a noise as if he's
getting alcohol.
Instead of requiring teachers to
pledge themselves not to marry, the
school boards might avoid the danger
by employing those who are decidedly
not good looking. But somehow or
other looks go a long way with even
a school board.
'It is no wonder Spokane led all Pa
cific Coast cities In bank clearings last
week. Supporting Spokane is the
richest wheat field In the world.
Larger, but not quite so close, are
Portland's relations with that fertile
region
There is keen satisfaction in the
thought that the half million rainbow
trout soon to be distributed from the
Clackamas hatchery will not have to
face death in traps or fish wheels.
When they die. they'll die fighting.
Dispatches from New York say
that Anna Gould has gone abroad.
The great majority of the people don't
care which direction she went, how
far she goes, or how long she stays.
Mexico having signed a copyright
treaty with the United States, our
Southern neighbors will now have to
pay the full retail price for Elinor
Glyn's erotic story.
Strange how some of these fellows
manage to have two wives at the same
time, when a lot of people had so
much trouble getting one.
Many suburbanites will worship to
day with a spade and a hoc.
POT POUR HI
nr VAVt'T i.kr. '
Uttlc drop cf wtr
FfU'fd out of Uir Mo, k
Mukd the pcc utatnr
I'm hie watch In 1mm k.
He Ik thai Mrrry Widow hat you
have on?
Ilvorce (flippantly No, the m-trry
widow la under tho hut.
Having obrv"d Mr. Fryan'a tatt
In Kowna, I'm inclined to think her
huoband'a election to the Prld-rncy
wmild be ft aevrre blow to modtatea.
The real nlgnlflcance of Raater la ob
scured by clotfda of millinery.
Wife (reprovingly to hunhand, who
has been Imbibing- freely) "John, I am
at a loM what to aay."
Husband "Well, madam (hie), your lo
la my gain."
A local musician who at one -time
appeared in opora tells of the experi
ences of hie company In on of the
amall California towns. Bualneaa being
poor, the manager was unable to pay
the salaries and In desperation turned
over the opera-house lease to the com
pany, promising: thorn the box office
remlpts. The comedian, who until the
It 1 minute acted as the box office
representative, came In dejectedly to
put on his makeup.
"Have we got a better house to
night T" asked one of the troupe.
"Not that you can notice. A man
Just came down from the gallery and
demanded his twenty-five cents back,
saying he was afraid to sit up there
all alone in the dark."
A mixed evil the Manhattan cock
tail. Many ft man' who has to button his
wife's waist could rightfully be re
ferred to as one who "says things be
hind her back."
A small child In an East RMe school
gave tho following definition of a
priest: "A mnn what buttons his col
lar In the back instead of the front."
The Run courted Water,
Earth's loveliest daughter, ..
And strove to abduct her in vain;
For when he had caught her.
And to the clouds brought her.
Home she came running In rain.
On & "straw vote," the "Mrry Wid
ow" hat wins.
One swallow never makes a Spring
hat. It takes seven blackbirds, eleven
crows, eight parrots and about nine
robins, this year.
When tho political pot 1 boiling,
there are always a lot of cooks hang
ing around trying to spoil the broth.
An apt simile Is an oasis In the des
ert of language, but mixed metaphors,
as they are frequently dished up In
modern fiction, are either funny or dis
tressing, according to one's tempera
ment. Tn one frothy book appears this
delectable word picture!
"Tredfallcn cast a hasty glance about
the room, as If looking for some
weapon wherewith to staice the thirst
that glittered In Ms eye." The word
"slake" naturally Implies thirst. Now,
IT there Is a weapon that will slake
thirst, especially one that glitters, It
behooves ye irrepressible prohibition
ist to discover which particular one
Will do the business, and the end of his
troubles will be nigh.
A Spring girl without a Merry Wid
ow hat looks as lonesome as a rich
man in heaven.
Talent, and even the most brilliant
genius, Is dross compared with the
golden power of disseminating good
cheer.
Who can be sure whether the lump
on a girl's gloved finger represents ft
solitaire or a wart?
Raster.
I.lke a meteor, large and bright,
Fell a golden seed of light
On the field of Christmas night.
When the Babe was born;
There 'twas scpulchered In gloom
Till above his holy tomb
Flashed in everlasting bloom
Flower of Kaster morn.
A DORKS S TO THK TOOTHACHE.
Writ tea When tbe Author wan (- rle
voiifflr Tormented by That Disorder
My curse upon thy vetiom'd stang,
Thjut shoots my tortur'd gums slang;
And thro' my lugs gle mony a twang,
Wi gnawing vengeance;
Tearing my nerves wl bitter pang.
Like racking engines!
When fevers burn, or ague freezes.
Rheumatics gnaw, or chollc squeezes;
Our neighbors sympathy may ease us,
Wi pitying moan;
But thee iljou hell o a disease.
Aye mocks our groan!
Adown my beard the slavers trickle;
I kick the we stools o'er the mickle.
As round the Are the giglets keckle,
' To see me loup;
While, raving mad, I wish a heckle
Were in their doup.
y a' the num'rous human dools,
I'll har'sts. daft bargains, cutty-stools.
Or worthy friends rak'd 1' the mools.
Sad sight to see!
The tricks o' knaves, or fash o' fools.
Thou bcar'st the gree.
Wlicr'er that place by priests ea'd licll.
Whence a the sons o' mls'ry yell.
And ranked plagues their numbers tell.
In dreadfu' row.
Thou, Toothache, surely bear'st the bell,
Amang them a';
O, thou grim mischief -making chiel.
That gars the noes of discord srjueel,
'Till daft mankind aft dance a reel
In gore a shoe-thick;
Gie a' the faes o' Scotland's weal
A towmond's Toothache.
ROBKKT BL'RNS.
Only Relatively -Great.
Chicago Tribune.
The Admirable Crichton. who had Just
delivered an Impromptu speech in verse,
knocked out a professional pugilist, deci
phered a cryptogram that nobody else
could solve, and disarmed in a twinkling
two experts who had attacked him with
their rapiers, all within the space of an
hour or so, heaved a sigh or regret.
1 can do these things easily enough,"
he said, "but to save my life I can't
pitch a curved ball!"
From which we see that the dis
tinguished men of the olden time were
only relatively great.
STANDARD VERSE
tmpj oreMnx,
There's aomewhat on my breast, fathrB
There's somewhat on my hraat!
Tim live long day I algh. father.
At night I cannot rest;
I cannot tke my ret. father.
Though I would fain do so.
A weary weight oppreaseth me .
The weary weight of wms.
Tla not the lark of gold, father,
Nor lark of worldly car;
My lands are broad and fair to see.
My friends are kind and dear;
My kin are leal and true, father.
They mourn to see my grief,
ntit oh! 'tis not a kinsman's hand
Can give my heart relief!
Tia not that Janet's false, father,
'Tis not that she's unkind:
Though busy flatterers swarm ground,
I know her constant mind.
'TIs not her coldness, father,
That chills my laboring breast;
It's that confounded cueumber
I've ate, and can't digest.
Rlarkwood'a Magazine.
THE LORNTRR".
Aa a young lobster roamed about.
Itself and mother being out.
Their eyes at the same moment fell
On a boiled lobster's srarlat shell.
"I-ook," said the younger; "la It true
That we might wear ao bright ft hue?
No coral, If I trust mine eye.
Can with Its startling brilliance vie;
While you and I must be content
A dingy aspect to present."
"Proud, heedless fool," the parent
cried;
"Know'st thou the penalty of pride?
The tawdry floary you wish
Has ruined this unhappy fish.
The hue so much by you desired
By bis destruction was acquired
So be contented with your lot.
Nor seek to change by going to pot."
From I'uneh.
BORROWS OF WKRTHKR.
Wert her had a love for ('harlot te
Such as words could never utter;
Would you know how first he met her?
She wu cutting bread and butter.
Charlotte was a married lady.
And a moral man was Werther,
And for all the wealth of Indies,
Would do nothing for to hurt her.
Ko he sighed and pined and nglci).
And his passion boiled and bubbled
Till he blew bis silly brains out.
And no more was by it troubled.
Charlotte, having seen his body
Borne before her on a shutter,
I.lke a well-conducted person.
Went on rutting bread and butter.
W. Makepeace Thackeray.
S)0iKT TO A (I.AM,
iJum tacent clamant.
Inglorious friend! most confident T am
Thy life Is one of very little ease;
Albeit men mor-k thee with their
similes
And prate of being "happy as a clam!"
What though thy shell protects thy
fragile head
From the sharp bailiffs of the briny
sea?
Thy valves are, sure, no safety
valve to thee,
While rakes are free to desecrate thy
bed.
And bear thee off as foe men take
their spoil
Far from thy friends and family to
roam;
Forced, like a Hessian from thy
native home.
To meet destruction in a foreign broil!
Though thou art tender, yet thy
htimjtle bard
Declares, O clam! thy case Is shock
ing hard!
John O. Sax.
laYI.NG.
I do confess In many' a nigh
My lips have breath'd you many a He.,
And how, with such delights In view
Would Jose them for a lie or two?
Nay look not thus, with brow reprov
ing; Lies are, my dear, the soul of loving!
If half we tell tho girls were true,
Jf half we swear to think and do.
Were aught but lying's bright illusion
The world would be In strange con
fusion !
If ladies' eyes were, every one,
As lovers swear, a radiant sun,
Astronomy should leave the skies,
To learn her lore .In ladles' eyes!
Oh no! believe me, lovely girl,
AVhen nature turns your teeth to pearl.
Your neek to snow, your eyes to Are,
Your y el low lork to golden wire.
Then, only then, can heaven decree
That you should live for only me.
Or I for you, as nijjlit and morn
We've swearing kiss'd, and kissing
sworn.
And now, my gentle hints to clear.
For once, I'll tell you truth, my dear!
Whenever you may chance to meet
.V loving youth whose love is sweet,
I,ong as you're false and he believes
you,
Ixng as you trut and he deceives you.
So long the bllKsful bond endures;
And while he lies, his heart Is yours.
But, oh! you've wholly lost the youth
The Instant that he tells you truth!
Thomas Moore.
TO MY KMPTV I'lRSR,
To you. my purse, and to none olher
wight.
Complain I. for ye be my lady dcre;
I am sorry now that ye be light.
For, certes, ye now make me hravy ciicre;
Me were as lefc be laid unon a bere.
For which unto your mercy thus I crio.
Be heavy againc, or els mote I die.
Now vouchsafe this day or it be night.
That I of you the bliKsfuI sowno may
here.
Or see your color like tho sminc bright.
That of yellowness had never pere;
Ye are my life, ye be my hcrtcs utere.
(Jueen of comfort and of good companie.
Be heavy again, or eLse mote I die.
Now purae. thou art to mc my lives light.
And saviour, aa downe in this world here,
Out of this towne helpe me by your
might. ,
Sith that you will not be my treasure.
For I am slave as nere as any frere.
But pray unto your curtesic.
Be heavy again, or els mote I die.
CHAUCER.