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PORTLAND, SUNDAY. JCNE 1, 1908.
ECONOHIC CONDITIONS.
Rapid change of economic condi
tion throughout the world has
changed the view and interpretation
of the eo-called prlhciples of political
economy; so that Adam Smith,
Malthus, Ricardo- and Mill are now
read chiefly for the history of the
IdeaB and theories they present; for
though there is much in the so-called
science, the "political economy" of one
stage of the world's history cannot be
that of another. Use of. machinery
and development of transportation
have superseded the old writers on
political economy, and they will ndt
come ihto Use again till some cycle
of the world's affairs, resulting from
Increase of the world's population and
from Very complete appropriation of
the morld's natural resources, shall
re-establish the world over those con
ditions of life that existed in Western
Europe at the time when the works
of the old standard economists were
written.
Malthus was right, for his time and
for the circumstances in which he
studied and about which he wrote.
His theory of population was unques
tionably true for that time and for
those conditions. But steam and trans
portation have changed everything, by
changing the food problem. The con
gested centers of population In Europe
now obtain food cheaper than it was
one hundred years ago, from every
quarter of the globe: Malthus, there
fore, reposes on the back shelves of
old libraries, Ricardo, with his theor
ies of rent, the same.
Yet as a literary and historical study
all this possesses interest. Ricardo
taught that man began with cultiva
tion of the best soils, and that as
population Increased he was driven to
poorer ones. He therefore placed his
primitive man down In the undralned
swamp, and later drove him up the
hills; his condition, therefore, became
one of increasing poverty and deeper
slavery. But in fact man always be
gins with the soils easiest to cultivate,
which are usually the poorest, for
nature's heaviest growths are on the
richer soils. Only as- wealth and
power of association and combination
have increased, has he been able to
drain, clear and cultivate the richer
soils. Malthus taught that man In
creased more rapidly than food could
be produced, and that the only way
to keep down the population to the
supply of food was to be found in
war, famine and pestilence. This was
a cheerful and consoling law for. those
In England who wanted cheap cab
bages and lentils and potatoes and
men and women. Even Darwin and
Spencer were affected with the belief
in this Indictment of the Almighty.
Spencer demonstrated the existence of
a beautiful law of population by which
the power of procreation was in In
verse ratio to the power to sustain
life. Steam and coal and electricity
and means of rapid transport have
sent all these Ideas to the dust heap.
They can be revived only when the
earth shall be so full" of people that
cultivation in all lands shall have
reached Its utmost limits, and the
whole population of the earth becomes
too great for our common mother to
feed it. Considering the areas in both
hemispheres yet uncultivated, that
time would appear to be still far
away.
Of course. In particular localities,
where the population Is very dense,
there always will be poverty and pres
sure on the means of subsistence. But
what can be done about it? Nothing,
by any general theory whatever. If
Individuals must work out for them
selves their salvation for .another
world, they certainly must work out
for themselves the main problem of
existence in this.
Society and government can do
something, but not much. They can
not compel the energetic few to do
very much for the improvident many.
The attempt at all times goes about
to the limit of practicability. But
If pushed far the result will be con
tinual and rapid diminution of the
energetic few and increase of the Im
provident many. These are the rea
sons why anybody and everybody who
had any real or solid property, any
thing they could depend on, or had
accumulated by labor or received
J through inheritance, united to vote
down the single land tax.
"WHAT SHALL WE SAY, THEN?"
The First District has in W. C. Haw
ley a Representative in Congress who
at preseht is In 'high favor and Is
worthy of It. He now is elected for
the second time. He ought to be
elected straight along twelve times,
and fifteen times, for he is worthy.
His worth, however, may count for
little. Under the existing system
every "cheap skate" in the district is
Invited to become a candidate against
him; and since the majority is large,
and since it tempts each and every
one to the belief that he can be elect
ed, after a while they will conspire to
pull Hawley down; and the voters of
the district, taking up some silly fad,
advocated by a "friend of the people,"
will supersede him. But it will re
main that a man can serve his state
best who 1b kept continuously In Con
gress. If the people of the First Dis
trict will send Hawley back five times
they will see what position a Repre
sentative honored thus by his constit
uents will attain.
But the First District voted heavlly
against the State University its prin
cipal institution, and Multnomah had
to save It. That looks ill for the fu
ture of Hawley. Yet, perhaps he rnay
help to educate his constituents.
In Oregon there is every need of
eane men. Never Was such need be
fore. Ah Immense body of the people
has gone daft. Long isolation from
the currents of the world has devel
oped groups of utopists and hobby
ists among them; who, if agreeing in
nothing else, agree to fight constitu
tional limitations on one side, and true
progressive principles on the other. It
Is chaos. True enough, they declare
themselves the apostles of progress.
But it Is progress backwards. It
comes from contempt of the lessons
of experience and of history, and from
desire to supersede rational principles,
by substitution of whimsical notions
and local ideals. The First District
ought to have stood by the university;
and all Oregon needs deliverance from
the narrow, provincial mind. We are
advertising ourselves to the country in
a most unfavorable manner. Every.
crank and mattoid will pack his Valise
for Oregon. Return to common sense
and to the rule of judgment. Is the
first thing we must fight for, and re
demption of Oregon from reputation
of folly.
HE OF THE SMALL OHtLLINO.
What is a communist? One who is willing
To divide your big guinea with his small
shilling.
This bit of old jingle is suggested
every day In the week by the blather
of some self-appointed adjuster of
financial and industrial conditions In
the overworked and grotesquely twist
ed name "reform." Whether this ef
fort appears under the single-tax label,
the profit-sharing scheme of the bold
demand of a per capita division of the
available money of the world, its
meaning Is the same. Its cry, under
whatever hame, reaches the sluggish
ear ofldlehess and awakens it to a
sense of grievance; the sordid ear of
greed and Increases its desire for un
earned Increment; the fretful ear of
Incompetence and makes It hearken
favorably to any scheme Whereby it
may stand side by side with forceful
ability when the returns of thrift come
in; the Vicious ear of crime and fur
nishes it an excuse for robbery and
murder. Its purpose is not always
openly stated, but it Is at best but
thinly veiled by platform platitudes,
street Corner verbiage and the reason
ing of long-winded newspaper corre
spondents. It delights especially in calling "con
ventions" In which "relief" is demand
ed now for one condition incldeht to
human folly, misfortune, evolution and
misery, and now for another. Of late
"the unemployed" have posed or have
been posed by exponents of this effort
as special subjects for the considera
tion of municipal authorities and state
lawgivers, , and many plans wrought
out in the spirit of the "yellow horse"
in Kipling's sketch, '.'The "Walking Del
egate," have been formulated.
One of these conventions was called
recently in New York City by 3. Eads
How, of St. Louis, chairman of the
National Committee of the Unem
ployed. In response to the call some
600 or BOO men assembled, and at the
suggestion of salaried "leaders" reso
lutions were passed "demanding" that
the Legislature of New York at once
appropriate (6,000,000 for Improving
the condition of the roadways, deepen
ing and improving waterways and oth
er municipal and state work upon
which the unemployed were to be en
gaged without delay at union Wages.
It Is not of the smallest consequence
to these reformers that the Legislature
Is thus asked to repeal a law not or
its making the law of supply and
demand. The probability that a law
manufactured demand for labor would
lead to an oversupply that would, in
the natural course of events, operate
to reduce wages was not Considered,
"ste state was to be held up for union
wages in disbursing the $6,000,000 de
manded without regard to the capa
bility of the worker, the number de
manding employment or the certainty
that even the large sum to be dis
bursed undcH- these resolutions would
have no appreciable effect upon the
conditions for the "relief" of which It
was demanded.
It is interesting In this connection
in our own state at present to note
that these "reformers" of industrial
conditions In the great State of New
York declared In favor of the initiative
and referendum and a co-operative
commonwealth, as a final solution of
the problem of idleness and poverty,
and, of course, of human vice and mis
ery. It Is surprising that the manipu
lators of fads and fancies in Oregon
politics overlooked these vital points
bearing upon the untrammelled lib
erties of "the people" when institut
ing the initiative and calling the ref
erendum this year. However, with so
i many "problems" calling for instant
solution and but one U'Ren In the land
and one Bourne in Congress, It was too
much to expeot that all could be solved
at one election. When we come to
the problem of the unemployed the
problem of Idleness and poverty that
will be easy. For have we not the all
powerful law- of initiative and refer
endum? Let the fellow with the big
guinea look to it; he or the small
shilling Is after him, not only willing
to divide In accordance with the code
of the communist, but boasting his
power to compel the long-desired division.
FEDERAL CONTROL OF PILOTAGE.
The Louisiana legislature, now in
session. Is Wrestling with the old ques
tion of control over the pilots hand
ling shipping between New Orleans
and the sea. The situation at the
mouth of the Mississippi Is more com
plicated ihd troublesome than at other
Atlantic ports because two sets of
pilots are required to bring a vessel
from the gulf to New Orleans and
the charges are not only burdensome
on shipping, but there has been much
complaint over poor service. The sit
uation in this respect bears a strik
ing resemblance to that Which has
caused Portland so much trouble at
the entrance of the Columbia. At
New Orleans, as at the entrance of
the Columbia, there is a "close cor
poration" 6f pilots acting under spe
cial "branch" licenses Issued by the
state. For years these pilots have
handled the service in any manner
that suited their own convenience and
desires, regardless of the effect their
independence was having on shipping.
This poor and expensive service at
the mouth of the river became so ob
jectionable to foreign shipowners a
few years ago, that a freight differen
tial was levied against the port, and
maintained until the O. R. & N. Co.,
at ah expense of many thousands an
nually, was obliged to absorb the pilot
charges. Even after paying the exor
bitant rates 'Which the present law
permits, neither the railroad company
nor the Portland shipping men had
any control ovet the service and no
distinction was permitted between a
good pilot and a poor one. Naturally
this Imperfect and trade-hampering
system is highly detrimental to the
port, and it Is imperative that some
reform should be inaugurated. The
New Orleans papers. Which have been
fighting the Mlississtppl pilot ring for
years, seem to have abandoned hope
of any legislation that will place the
work on ah economical, good service
baslB, and are now calling for Federal
Control over both bar and river pilots.
In some respects this plan possesses
decided advantages over any legisla
tive control that could be secured.
In Portland we have had an oppor
tunity to test the workings of Federal
control over the river pilots. Wheh
the Oregon Legislature passed a law
abolishing compulsory pilotage on the
river, the best pilots In the service
continued with their work, operating
exclusively under licenses granted
them by the Federal Government.
Control by the Government over their
actions extended simply to require
ment of faithful performance of their
duties, and, ill case of collision or
other trouble, the pilots were answer
able to the Federal Inspectors. Since
repeal of the compulsory pilotage law
on the river, the river pilotage service
has been the best the port has ever
known, and there have been but few
complaints of excessive charges, the
law of supply and demand being al
ways in operation to prevent excessive
toll being levied on shipping.
But the bar is still at the mercy
of the little band or pilots having
headquarters at Astoria, and, until the
repeal of the compulsory law makes
them answerable to the Federal Gov
ernment, and dissolves the present
close corporation there will be trouble
and needless expense and delay for
shipping. The advantages of non
compulsory pilotage have been so ef
fectually demonstrated on the river
that there is no longer the slightest
doubt about the necessity Tor extend
ing the system to the bar. The mat
ter is one of great importance for
Portland, as well as for all other ports
along the river, and should receive at
tention at the next meeting of the
Legislature.
A STEP IN ADVANCE.
Open Air pavilions are being built
on the asylum grounds at Salem for
the use and benefit of tuberculosis pa
tients of the state hospital for the in
sane. Having been led up to this stage
by the Blow evolution of public opin
ion, public conscience and scientific
knowledge in the treatment of the In
sane, this and other humane methods
pertaining to the care and restraint
of these 'unfortunates, pass almost
without notice. It Is easy to recall,
however, the time, in relatively close
touch with our own, when the Insane
.Were looked Upon as Wild beasts of
the most dangerous and revolting type,
and In accordance with this view were
caged and left to wear their wretched
lives away with only such care la the
way of food, warmth and clothing, as
sufficed to meet their scantiest
physical needs. Thofew insane of the
Oregon pioneer era formed no excep
tion to this manner of treatment. They
were simply penned up In bare quar
ters In connection with the poor homes
In which they had suffered bitter pri
vation, even before thir wits had fled,
fed at arm's length through an aper
ture made in the log cabin wall for
that purpose by so-called attendants,
who Were afraid of them or regarded
them with superstitious horror, and
left to their mutterings, pleadings or
ravings.
It was the knowledge of some such
conditions as this, in which a few
wretchedly demented or violently in
sane persons dwelt, that aroused the
late Dr. Hawthorne of this city, and
his associate. Dr. Loryea, to establish
a private institution for the treatment
of the insane, which was the nucleus
of our present state insane asylum.
That was more than half a century
ago. The world has grown in knowl
edge and grace during the intervening
period, and in no other direction has It
grown more rapidly than in the under
standing and treatment of the insane.
Oregon has kept full step with thlB
growth. Of this fact the generosity
and enlightenment of our people, as
worked out in the large and well
equipped buildings in which the insane
are housed, and the fine and ample
grounds that surround them, bear
testimony. In the care of the feeble
minded, and the lack of provision for
the segregation of this most helpless
and harmless class from the insane,
the state has long been remiss in duty,
but intelligent and ungrudged provi
sion has been made almost from the
i first for the large class of adult Insane.
Official peculation has at times. It is
true, preyed upon this great charity
and subordinated its needs to per
sonal gain; politicians have now and
again fattened upon the appropria
tions made for its support and better
ment; but humanity has triumphed
over these baser instincts in the
main, and grqwth along substantial
and approved ways In the treatment
and care of the insane has been steady.
The open air pavilions now Under con
struction on the grounds for the use
of tuberculosis patients, as reported
by the State Board of Health, are in
further evidence upon this point. It
is a step in advance, one that goes
forward to meet a condition of human
misfortune and misery that, being
without remedy, calls Upon medical
science for such amelioration of Its
sufferings as It Is possible to provide.
LEGAL ETHICS.
There is nothing really new In the
code of ethics which the American Bar
Association has lately formulated. It
Is merely a statement of very old
principles of conduct which most
lawyers have professed and some, we
hope, have practiced for centuries. The
most interesting of them relate to the
lawyer's duty to his client. How far
may he go in defending a man whom
he believes to be guilty?
The new Code says he may see that
the client enjoys all those rights which
the law grants him; but the lawyer is
not obliged to do everything possible
to save his client from punishment.
Certainly he is not under obligation
to break the law in order to protect
a lawbreaker. So much for the code.
Its Ideals are Worshipful and One fond
ly wishes that they may be put in
practice. But experience offers only
slender cause for expecting -that they
will. Lawyers have always boasted of
their exalted ethics, but It Is a mat
ter of common observation that the
e'hics was kept mostly for boasting
and not much for use.
Nobody who knows the ways of the
world will expect that the members of
the legal profession will change their
customary course of conduct In the
slightest degree on account of the hew
code. It signifies merely that some
leading lawyers, whose conduct is al
ready Irreproachable, acknowledge
that certain of their brethren are less
Immaculate. But It provides ho effec
tive Way to make the sinners better
and no way can be provided, in ail
likelihood, until competition becomes
less severe. It Is competition within
the profession that lowers the moral
tone of lawyers. The struggle Tor ex
istence among them is severe. To
earn their bread and keep up appear
ances they are compelled to do what
their better nature condemns, just as
other men are. Lawyers are.no worse
than their fellow, mortals and, as a
rule, ho better. Like othef systems
of elaborated morals, theirs will be
kept mostly for show and only used
when it does not seriously interfere
with the battle for bread. '
ashes of roses. .
It would be ungracious not to com
mend the programmes which were
supplied at the Damrosch concerts last
week. They gave not merely the
names of the pieces and the compos
ers, but they added a paragraph or
two in explanation of the music. Pro
fessional musicians do not need these
little pointers, or they claim that they
do not; but if two of the elect were
asked to say without consultatloh
what a piece means which they never
heard before would they agree? Music
at best is but a vague language. Its
vagueness is part of its charm to the
instructed since it may thus convey
a different message to each different
hearer and a single piece may have as
n.any meanings as men have moods.
But to the unlearned listener it may
mean nothing at all unless he has
something to guide his speculative
ears. It is therefore well to let him
know what the composer had in mind
when he wrote down the score and for
this' reason the programmes Which
Mr. Damrosch provided were admir
able. Still nobody needs much explana
tion of Tschaikowsky's Pathetic Sym
phony. The composer's meaning is al
moBfr as unmistakable as Is Nordica's
When she Blhgs "God's In His Heaven,
All's Right in the World." Her smile,
her eyes, her gestures all conspire to
tell us what a wholesome and happy
place the earth Is and the eame mes
sage triumphs In the tones of her di
vine voice. We should understand it
just as well if she sang In Greek in
stead of Browning's Imperishable Eng
lish. TBchaikowsky's score needs ho
words at all to tnake it clear. He sat
down deliberately to swamp his hear
ers in misery and he succeeded. The
pathetic symphony Is a direct assault
upon the fountains of tears, like
Dickens' description of Little Nell's
Death. But Tschaikowsky 13 worse
than Dickens. The novelist leaves a
ray of comfort In the assurance that
little Nell went straight to Heaven as
Boon as her sorrows Were over, but
the musician plunges us into Unmlti
gated Woe. He has no hope of Heav
en or anything else. But for all that
the Pathetic Symphony is one of the
most popular pieces of music in' the
world.
It is popular for two reasons at
least. One of them Is that people like
to be made miserable. Goethe's "Sor
rows of Werther" was tremehdoUsly
popular because It caused the reader
to weep lh despair. It mourned over
the death of all our old beliefs and dis
consolately assured us that no new
ones could ever be invented to take
their places. "Oh, what an awful place
this world is, my dear hearers," cried
the youthful Goethe, "let us sit down
and bemoan ourselves as long as we
can stand Jt and then all commit sui
cide." Tschaikowsky says the same
thing in his maudlin symphony. His
work has not even the doubtful merit
of rebellion. Byron thought the earth
was a pretty tough old sphere and
hesitated not to say so, but he did not
weep and wall over it. He expressed
his dissatisfaction with good, round
oaths and, in our opinion, if one can
not be pleased with life as It has to be
lived It is far better to swear than to
sob and groan.
"A plague Of sighing and grief,"
shouted Falstaff, "it puffs a man up
like a bladder." It certainly puffs up
a man's vanity and especially a
woman's. The second reason. Indeed,
why the Pathetic Symphony is popu
lar IS that it makes a direct appeal
to vanity. "Isn't It perfectly heart
rending?" sob the susceptible listeners
to one another, and they go away
felicitating themselves upon the deli
cacy of their emotions. They are so
easily moved, so open to the tender
: influences of music. The person who
can show that he has listened the most
tearfully has the most artistic soul. In
exhibiting grief there is as much com
petition among human beings as in
trade. The widow who can display
the mdst abundant and depressing
signs of sorrow for the departed wins
a sort of eminence among her friends.
The families left by the dead darken
their houses, draw down their faces
and speak in hollow whispers as if
regret were something precious to be
cherished and gloated over.
In India, before the law forbade it,
widows carried this sort of thing far
ther than We do. They practiced the
spirit of Tschaikowsky's symphony by
burning themselves to death. Among
many savage tribes mourning is a reg
ular trade. People can be hired at
so much an hour, to weep and wail
and scratch their faces and the look
ers oh no doubt derive much the same
pleasure from their performance as
we do from listening to the Pathetic
Symphohy. Of course there is the
difference that Tschaikowsky's music
is beautiful, but it Is beauty devoted
to. a deplorable use. There Is despair
enough In the world without going de
liberately to work to make more. Even
if we enjoy It, misery is unhealthy. It
tends toward a lower moral and phys
ical tone and looks in the direction
of death instead of life. Emotions
which do not lead to action gradually
destroy the power to act. Hence if
we permit ourselves to luxuriate in
such causeless and purposeless melan
choly as the Pathetic Symphony In
spires we run the risk of becoming
inefficient puppets without definite
ambition or resolute will.
THE BUSINESS GRIND."
Among the very first of the bacca
laureate sermons this year and a
busy season in this line is now open
was that delivered last week by Itev.
Paul R. Frothlngham, of Boston, to
the outgoing class of Columbia Uni
versity. His theme Was "Business,''
that old-new topic upon which advice
Is so freely given by men from the out
side who know nothing of its demands
upon those who are -engaged in it, ex
cept through casual observation.
Dr. Frothlngham is a gentleman and
a scholar. Nobody will question this
statement, and upon the basis fur
nished by it what he has to say upon
any live theme Is entitled to respectful,
Considerate attention. His estimate of
business and of the men Who are en
gaged in it will, however, bear analy
sis. His Indictment is against the ma
jority of business men In this country,
and it contains, among others, the
following counts: They have too little
interest in anything outside of com
merce and finance; they have laid
aside their books on leaving college
until the only book they care to turn
to is their checkbook; they have little
interest in any of the arts except the
art of making money; they engage
with hand and Heart and head in
business Bchemes and details, allowing
these to absorb them completely.
Now while these charges are doubt
less true in many individual cases. It
Is putting it much too broadly to say
that all of them are true of a large
majority of the business men of the
United States. In point of fact, there
hever was a time In our history when
the men whose endeavor has entered
into the prosperity of the country
were bo generally interested In affairs
outside or their counting-rooms and
offices as now. They have learned the
art of making money, and, to a great
extent, the art of employing it in
pleasurable and useful Ways., They
are levied upon In every city "and vil
lage for contributions for what has
come to be called "public betterment,"
and they respond, in the main, gener
ously. They are contributors to and
patrons of libraries; are found upon
the boards of managers of Churches,
schools and charitable Institutions;
they enter Into the work or organizing
fairs, rose festivals, naval and other
public receptions and functions for the
honor and profit of their city and sec
tion; ahd some of them at least are
patrons of art.
This much for what may be called
work that is done by buxiness men
outside of the counting-houses and
offices. When it comes to play they
are found on the golf links, at the
Hunt Club, on the water In the row
ing and yachting season, at the races
and the theater, and even as "rooters"
on the baseball grounds, and as enthu
siastic patrons of college football.
Outdoor life appeals to them. When
their Income permits it they visit Yel
lowstone and Yosemite, tour the Great
Lakes, cross and recross the conti
nent, and go east across the Atlantic
and west across the Pacific, halting by
the way at the islands of the sea.
When necessary they are good "stay
ers" by their business; when prosper
ity comes their way they are good
"players," the world at home and
abroad their field. Where the trouble
comes In Is through the open door of
play. They can enter it with impu
nity, but their children, having free
passage with them, learn to play be
fore they have earned by work the
privilege of playing, anH thereafter re
fuse to be confined to the routine of
business. The great perplexity in the
realm of business today arises from
this cause. The rising generation
refuses to accept the "grind" that is
inseparable from the acquirement or
knowledge or business at first hand,
and thus earn the leisure later on that
has come to their father's over the
practical road that leads to business
success.
"There is small danger," says the
New York Commercial, "of 1908 col
lege graduates becoming business
'grinds.' " Hence no exhortation or
warning against this fate through the
perfunctory words or baccalaureate
sermons that will be delivered this
June Is necessary.
FARMERS AS CONSERVATORS.
From the fact that President Roose
velt called a conference of Governors
at Washington, recently, for the pur
pose of considering the problem of
conservation of natural resources, we
must not get the idea that It Is a
problem so large and bo mysterious
that Its solution can be undertaken
only by scientists working with enor
mous Government appropriations. Far
from It. As pointed out by W. K.
Newell In a communication published
Saturday, every farmer can be a con
server Of natural resources. Every
farmer who so manages his farm op
erations as to preserve fertility is a
conserver of natural resources and a
benefactor of the country at large at
the same time than he promotes his
own best financial interests.
Mr. Newell reminds the agricultur
ists or this state that small vegetation
holds moisture just as a forest does,
though In a different degree. When
a field or orchard Is left bare all Win
ter the surface soil packs and the
water runs off quickly. Moreover, in
running off the water carries with It
much of the valuable portion of the
soil. By raising a Winter crop of
vetch, or even rye, erosion Is dimin
ished. Then, If the crop be plowed
under late In the Spring, it makes the
soil mellow and capable of retaining
much moisture. A mellow soil will
hold moisture like a sponge; a leached
and lifeless soil becomes hard and im
pervious. Let all the Valley farms be
sown to Winter Vetch where fields' or
orchards are now left bore, and we
shall soon see evidences of greater
productiveness, less soil waste and
more Valuable lands. for future gener
ations to till. Like charity, conserva
tion of natural resources should begin
at home.
Some person has been Imposing on
the Puget Sound newspapers a yarn
to the effect that Portland imported
from California for Its late Festival
three carloads of roses, and therefore
made an exhibit that It was unable to
complete from its own floral resources.
All this may be classed in the cate
gory of stories Interesting if true. It
Is not true. ' Portland brought no roses
from California, but made its usual
wonderful display of that most beau
tiful and popular of all flowers. It Is
difficult to conceive of the motive that
would Inspire either the fabrication or
publication of such a falsehood. It
would seem that Seattle, for example,
ought for its own sake to view with
more neighborly appreciation the
Portland enterprise. Seattle, we be
lieve, expects to hold a fair of Its own
hext year.
Throughout the rural districts the
farmers have Voted en masse for pro
hibition, In the hope and expectation
of being able to get responsible work
ers, when the saloon was cut out. Who
can blame them? The saloon, afford
ing opportunity for drink, and press
ing the men to drink bo as to get
their money, has made farm labor,
especially at the busy season, prac
tically worthless. Hence the farmer
has decided to try the plan of cutting
off the source of liquor supply. They
hope by this expedient to be able to
get something out of their hired men.
Who can blame them?
The Summer floods now prevailing
In Montana are unprecedented in Its
history as a civilized Working com
munity. So far as reported, the rail
roads are the heaviest losers. Mining,
stockralsing and agriculture, the three
great industries of the state, will profit
by the deluge of water and as upon
these the traffic of the railroads de
pends, the present loss will In due
time be turned to substantial gains.
The real, or at least the permanent
sufferers are the hundreds of railway
passengers, marooned in transit, to
whom loss of time is loss of money.
Portland has had Its Rose Festival
and come through successrully, hand
ling Immense throngs or people with
out accident. Oregon City has had its
"Booster Day" and success, spelled
with a capital letter, has crowned the
unique and practical effort of Its citi
zens. These are not evidences of
forced growth, but of earnest and
loyal determination on the part of
public spirited citizens to let the
country far and hear know the secret
of their prosperity and Invite every
boeVy to come in and share it.
The Pendleton Tribune hopes to get
Tor Umatilla County a State Insane
Asylum and an armory as a result
or the late election on the amend
ments. The outlook for an armory Is
dark Indeed; but as for the insane asy
lum we should say it is very bright.
But what Is there about an Insane asy
lum calculated to cheer up the droop
ing spirits of Umatilla?
It' is well that the National Repub
lican Committee should decide all the
so-called contests for delegates from
the Southern states so an to throw the
Southern states out. They can give
no electoral votes, and ought not to
control the nomination against the
states that are to decide the election.
If, as appears probable, the effect of
passage of those two fish bills is to
abolish flshwheels, fishtraps, glllnets
and fishing of all kinds on the Colum
bia except fishing with a string and a
bent pin, it may be surmised that
there are lively times ahead for Fish
Warden McAllister.
Mr. Mclsaac, manager ror the
Hearst party on the Pacific Coast,
Invites all recruits to come to the Port
land Hotel and register under the
banner of the party of, the plain peo
ple. Bring your patent leathers, dress
suits and high hats.
The man who professes or pretends
to responsibility, and makes a fool's
promise, must keep It, of course, lie
feelB bound even to a fool's promise
of marriage, under Statement No. 1.
The sane thing Is not to make a fool's
promise. j
Naturally there was-great curiosity
as to the Identity of Rex Oregonus.
It wasn't Governor Chamberlain, as
was universally believed, but merely
one of his official family. He was
himself too busy running to be reign
ing. I
So far it appears that something
like 100 uncounted votes for Hearst
were lying concealed In those ballot
boxes. But It's the votes that are
counted and the men that count 'em
that make Mayors In New York.
In case of another financial pinch,
Oregon will be able now to Issue
$2,114,000 emergency currency. That
will help somewhat. But there's
nothing the matter with wheat money.
Many begin to look forward to the
time when the Holy Statement, or
Sacred Pledge, will give to Mr. Gearln
the scat now held by Mr. Bourne.
With characteristic originality the
Tacoma News continues to deride
"poor, old Portland." "Old," yes; but
why "'poor" ?
The solution to the whole question,
possibly. Is to have a State University
In every county. And a state capital.
It will be Taft and Bryan, undoubt
edly. But which of these will carry
Oregon?
However, there will be some antl
Taft men in the National convention.
RESCLT OF HODGE-PODGE LAWS.
ov We Are to Move Democratic Sen.
ator From ltrpuhlirnn I.calslmure.
The Dalles Optimist.
On the lth or April the supposed
Republican voters of the State of Ore
gon nominated H. M. Cake for United
Btates Betiator, and the Democrats by
a very email vote nominated Governor
Chamberlain.
At an election hold last Monday
Chamberlain beat Cuke by nearly 2000
majority, while the bnlanee of the Re
publicans on the state ticket were
elected by 25.000 majority or more.
Thus goes on the handiwork of the
direct primaries law; thus rushes the
Republican party of the state on to
total annihilation and destruction.
In the next. Legislature there will be
a majority Of six members pledged by
Stntement No. 1 to vote for tlie peo
ple's choice for United States Senator,
thus assuring (?) the election of Mr.
Chamberlain to the Senate:
The people are in the saddle, and
the people, like the king, can do no
wrong, say the advocates of our hodge
podge laws; and yet we all know that
Chamberlain's election was brought
about by Democrats registering as Re
publicans and voting for the defeat of
Fulton and the nomination of Cake In
the primaries and then voting for
Chamberlain on Monday last.
Thus the Republicans have been
tricked, swindled and defeated by the
Democrats! Thus have 80,000 been put
to rout by 40.000!
Eighty thousand Republican voters .
have chosen the members of the Legis
lature, thus showing that they believe
in Republican doctrines, and wish Re
publicans to hold the offices; and yet
these men are to go down to Salem
next Winter and elect Chamberlain to
the highest office within the gift of
the people of Oregon!
The king can do no wrong, but kings
.are sometimes damfools, and their sub
jects finally get wise to the fact and
smite them hip and thigh.
And now the Optimist again says,
as It has frequently said before, thac
the direct primaries law Is a delusion,
a snare and a fraud (so far as it re
lates to state and National officials),
and should be repealed, and In the
future the Optimist will work In season
and out of season against this law,
which has cheated, defrauded and anni
hilated our party.
Take the Medicine).
The Mist, St. Helens.
It may possibly be that a six-year
term of a Democratic United States
Senator will cure the Republican voters
of their folly, and enable them to unite
on some candidate who will poll the
full strength of the party. There will
be no chance for Chamberlain to work
the non-partisan racket In the United
States Senate. The leaders of the
Democratic party will tell George what
to do, and he will do It. Such men as
John Sharp Williams and Benjamin
Tillman will see to'lt that the Demo
cratic Senator from Oregon stands up
to be counted on every partisan meas
ure and lends his aid to every nttempc
to obstruct the enactment of Republi
can law. He Is an able man and he
has reached the summit of his ambition
and will promptly kick into the ditch
the nonpartisan ladder on which he
mounted. Bourne, the populist, and
Chamberlain the Democratl Isn't that
a great team to represent Republican
Oregon?
Plfrnlflcant Trlfgrsnu
Eugene Register.
A Republican legislator-elect, who
lives not 1000 miles from Eugene, and
Who signed Statement No. 1, is reported
to have telegraphed George E. Cham
berlain as follows:
If I live until January, 1909. I will rota
for frou for tT. 8. Benator. I hope, however,
that one oC us may die.
It Is presumed that the author of the
telegram was not particular about be
ing the one to pass in his checks and
escape the fruits of Statement No. 1.
I'M Can't Tell.
Vancouver Independent.
The people of Oregon have decided
that they prefer a Democrat In the
United States Senate. The Legislature
is pledged to carry out the wish of the
people. It would not be surprising if
Oregon should decide that they prefer
Bryan to Taft in November.
Remains the Horrible F. sain pie.
Olympia (Wash.) Recorder.
Oregon still remains the "horrible ex-.
ample" of Republican factional strife and I
party demoralization, the long dominance
of which recently caused" The Oregonian
in disgust to declare itself an Independent
publication, and now deepens the Winter
of its discontent by the party ldosynora
sies in electing a Democrat as United
States Senator in an otherwise general'
Republican victory.
With large Republican majorities, run
ning as high as 25.000 or more, for somo
offices, and a strongly Republican Legis
lature, the Ofeponians have turned a
complete flipfiop on the Senatorship and
elected Governor Chamberlain, Democrat,
to the upper house of Congress against
Henry M. Cake, a Republican or high '
standinK. Although Chamberlain's ma
jority will run only about 10D0, It is re
ported practically certain that the Legis
lature will have members pledged to vote
for the popular choice for Senator, which
Is six more than Is necessary to elect.
Through the light regard for party lines
characteristic of Oregon, therefore, an
almost unanimously Republican Legisla
ture will be placed In the position of
having to elect a Democratic Senator.
Oregon sets a bad enough political ex
ample at any time, but such defection
from party fealty for the highest offles
In the gift of the state is especially dis
tressing and conrtemnable in a Presiden
tial election year. The other Western
States Bhould profit by the Oregon "hor
rible example," and prove tlielr Republi
can faith by going BtralKht down the line
on the ticket and swelling the normal
Republican majorities. Oregon can best
he rebuked In this way, and the Republi
can West redeem itself from the Oregon
blight.
A I'usleri ICilllor.
Weston Leader.
Frankly, the ln-ader doesn't understand
Chamberlain's election. It comprehends
a broad-minded non-partisanship that
will permit an able and popular Demo
crat to occupy the Governor's chair, hut
It has not yet fully emerged from the
"old school" of politics, and Is ton dull
to see why a Republican should vote to
seat a Democrat In such a partisan body
s the United States Senate when ho
lias a clean candidate to support of ills
own faith. It's proud of its own party,
the loyal few. Find an Oregon Democrat
who voted for Cake and you'll find a
curiosity equal to Jo Jo or the bl-horned
Blvolapue.
Sarin tbe Earns.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
"Why can't I have eggs for supper?"
"You can't have eggs for supper." an
swered the landlord of the riunkvill?
House, "because an affinity gentleman is
going to lecture on affinities at the town
hall tonight. I persoom you have some
public spirit?"
He had.