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Newspaper Page TextTHE STJXDAT OREGOMAX, PORTLAm MAT 2, 1909. PORTLAM), ORJ5GOX. Entered at Portland. Orecon. Poatofflca aa Bscond-Class Matter. Subscription Bates Invariably In Adraooe. (Br Mall.) gaily. Sunday Included, one year $8 00 gaily. Sunday Included, six months 4.2S Cal y. Sunday Included, three months.. 2.25 pally. Sunday Included, one montn 75 gaily, without Sunday, one year 6.00 gaily, without Sunday, six months 3.25 Da ly, without Sunday, three months... ITS gal.y.- without Sunday, one month : .60 weekly, one year.....' ...... 1.60 Sunday, one year.' 2.50 Sunday and weekly, one year . 8.50 (By Carrier.) EsIIy, Sunday Included, one year 9 00 ally, Sunday Included, one month... .75 How to Remit Send poutofflce money order, -express order or personal check osi yoor local bank.' Stamps, coin or currency re at the sender's risk. Give postofflce ad cress In lull. Including; county and state. ,t,"Ue to 1 paifes. 1 cent; 18 12 . peI- 2 c"-s; SO to 44 pages. S cents: ja to 60 pajres. 4 cents. Foreign postage Couble rates. . ,Etern Business Office The s. C. Beck Tn 5. SPscIal Agency New York, rooms 48 o Tribune building. Chicago, rooms 510-513 -.rlbuns building. PORTU.YD. SO'DAY, MAY ,1(X. TUB COLORS OP GOOD AND EVIL. , Before The" Oregonian at thus mo ment la a copy of the old "Webster's Elementary Spelling Book" blue back "Published more than sixty years ago. Columns of words are printed on each i page; words arranged mostly In sylla bic' order or sequence, or for -assonances of pronunciation. In most pages,- at bottom, are short sentences In which words In the Bpelling columns are used In composition for. explana tion of the meaning of one word or an other. We find, therefore, at bottom of the page where one of the words In the spelling column of the lessons occurs this brief, sententious precept, to wit: "Rum, gin, brandy, whisky, are the most deadly . enemies of mankind. They, destroy more Uvea than war, famine and pestilence." .It, Is-a mighty good lesson, yet es sentially pntrue, because It eliminates human volition, personal responsibil ity the: main factors of the problem. Rum, gin, brandy, iwhlsky, are noth ing In themeslves. It is only when they come in contact with the human eplrit that they have any effect or in fluence at all. Yet rum, .gin. brandy, whisky beer ." also as .different ex pressions of alcoholic forms, exist, and always will exist. They belong to the domain of human knowledge. To try to .suppress the knowledge Is absurd. All that can be done, rationally. Is to teach, or try to teach, the error of mis use of therm Restraint of. sale, is well. Enforcement of restrictions .and regu lations upon their, sale is well. Still, however, there must be left some quantity of choice In- the' use of them even in -the abuse of them. - This Is absolute. " It gives the reason why "prohibition" never can be enforced. The communities that have tried It longest are least satisfied with results. ; Three centuries ago the world was Jnuch more given to alcoholic excess than now. Many centuries earlier, throughout the Roman Empire, It was .worse still. Read Horace. Read Juve nal. Read Suetonius. . Read Martial. rThen, as to our own Teutonic ances tors, read Tacitus. You will read about drunkenness, and the consequences," to which, the present times afford no par 'allel. Alcohol., in whatever form It ep Spears, Is one element that has a subtle tafflnit'y with the human spirit with jthe human nerve organization,-that it .self Is a means of communication be tween mind and matter whioh In their ultl mates, so far as we can know, are the same. Now, in order to .live 'in the world, with advantage to our - selves, we must know the world we ;live In. As to alcoholic liquors, solu tion of the problem therefore will .never be reached by effort to suppress r or destroy them. It can be reached only by or through effort to teach all J the people how to beware of abuse of ;them. It la a profound truth, that stands ;et the very threshold of moral and re ' ligtous Instruction. No real virtue can exist except in the face of the tempta Jtion of vice and knowledge of the con ' sequences of error. The human being ! brought into contact with the allure Jment of a vice he -never knew- before will almost certainly fail. The colors lof good and evil are most. difficult to j distinguish unless the young are brought -up with Instruction In them, , which cannot be had merely from pre rpt. -but must - be reinforced by ob servation and actual knowledge. - Now we are quoting from Milton's Areopagitlca: "They are not skilful , conslderers of human things who im agine to -remove sin by. removing the matter of sin. Suppose we could ex 5 pel sin by this means, look how much we thus expel of sin so much we expel 5 of virtue? for the matter of them both ' Is the same. Remove that, and ye re- move both of them alike." Again, "If ! every action, which Is good or evil In man at ripe years were to be under S pittance, prescription and compulsion, J vhat were virtue but a name, what praise could then be due, to well- J doing? What gramercy to be sober, Just or continent?" AMT-TL COST OF PEACE. ' The British budget, which was pre- , sented to the House of Commons Thursday, Is of proportions sufficient to cause gloomy forebodings for-the future. The explanatory memorandum Ipf the Chancellor of the Exchequer on revenue and expenses places the for- mer for the, fiscal year. 1909-10 at 1 $741,950,000 and the expenditures at $820,760,000, thus showing a prospec- i tive deficit of nearly $SO,000.000 ! Old-age pensions and increased appro- ' prlations for the navy are mentioned I as. reasons for appearance of the defl J cit. To make up the deficiency and avoid a further increase -In the na ' tlonal debt, which "has reached the staggering sum of $3,770,606,645. it la i proposed to Increase the tax on sugar. tea and other necessities. England has not yet reached a point ! In her career where the possibility of ' wiping out deficits and preventing an i increase In the national debt by cur i tailing war preparation expenses has appealed to her. And yet more than one-third of the total estimate for the J year will be devoted to army and navy i expenses. Sir Edward. Grey, the Brit ! Js.h Foreign Minister, was recently ? credited with "the statement that the i powers of Europe were devoting to "preparation for war half the total pro ceeds of taxation, and that the propor tion which army and navy expend) -- tares bear to their budgets has about doubled, ia a decdae. When, the French .budget was reported, a.short, time ago, " It -was noted that six European, powers were spending more than $1,000,000, 000 per year for army and navy, the British leading- with something more than 300,000,000, the Germans $290, 000,000 and the French $250,000,000. The United States has no warlike neighbors who might suddenly decide to Invade the country, but for all that we are so fearful or trouble that our army and navy expenditures are ap proaching close to $300,000,000 per year. If the pension list Is Included, It appears that war and its results are costing the country about $450,000,000 per year. " It will be a long time before this country will be troubled with old-age pensions, or with such an enormous war load per capita-as Great Britain Is now carrying, but. as the statistics show, we are rapidly drifting Into the same channels of extravagance that are leading European nations to finan cial distress. Unless some steps are taken to check this awful cost of peace, we can determine with mathe matical accuracy when It will become necessary either to go to war or go into bankruptcy. IX IS A PUZZLE, Mr. A. A. Bailey, candidate for the Republican nomination for the Mayor alty, is encouraged by the outlook in the direction of his candidacy, and well he may be upon . his own state ment of the case. Simon, he says, is the candidate of an "assembly" of but three hundred persons; Rushlight is the candidate of a "conference" of four persona only, all of whom are un kindly named, together with their leader, Tom McCusker, "an embryo political boss; while McDonell is not even named in Bailey's list of candi dates. Having disposed of the whole list Simon as the candidate of a feeble assembly" of three hundred. Rush light as the candidate of a "confer ence" of four persons connected with corporations and trusts, and elimina tion of McDonell by silence or lgnora tlon, Mr. Bailey remarks with proud confldenoe that he (Bailey) Is the can didate of "the entire party." The Oregonian believes that If this diagnosis or summary be correct, Mr. Bailey will obtain triumphant nomina tion in the primary and triumphant success in the election. ' Possibly there are some though Simon has but three hundred, and Rushlight has only four, and McDonell has none at all who may question whether Bailey has ail the rest. - We wait for the primary. Then we shall know "where - we . -are- at" at least as to the candidates. It, Is a puz zle just now. THE CONSTITUTION OF POLAND. On May 3 the Poles in the United States will commemorate- the 118th anniversary of the adoption of a con stitution by their country. The in strument was presented to the Polish Diet by King Stanislaus on May 3, 1791, and after he had sworn allegi ance to it a majority of the deputies accepted its provisions. There was a minority, however, who did not accept the constitution. They were so vio lently opposed to it that they Immedi ately began to Intrigue with Russia for an Invasion of Poland. Catherine II, who was then on the throne of the Czars, aided the traitors with troops. and the second partition of the un happy country followed, Of course the constitution went by the board in these troubles, but It was an instru ment of such surpassing political merit that it is worth some comment even today, although It was never fully put in practice and as a form of government it lasted only a year. The circumstances which induced the turbulent and politically Insane nobles of Poland to adopt a constitution which diminished their own privileges and to some degree enfranchised the middle class are among the most sor rowful that history records. Poland had been theoretically gov erned by a Diet, or Parliament, which was composed entirely of the nobles. The citizens of the middle class, mer chants, professional men, scholars, were not entitled to representation. The peasants were serfs, having no rights which the landowners were bound to respect. They could not leave the land where they were born unless their masters gave them per mission, and of course they had no standing in those barbarous tribunals which passed for courts. The only men In the country who .enjoyed the full status of human beings were the nobles. Naturally such an arrange ment made the country comparatively weak, but other causes contributed to make it weaker. The Diet was - re duced to Imbecility not only by the fractious disposition of the nobles, who seem usually to have had not the slightest concept of political good sense, but also by what they called, in their dog Latin, the liberum veto. This queer privilege has drawn down upon itself the caustic mockery of Carlyle, and it deserves even worse than he gave it. No matter how large a majority any measure might receive. a single noble by saying "Ne pozwa- lam," that is "I forbid," could block it. This was carrying out the veto principle with a vengeance. Of course it made the Diet simply a den or wild cats where everybody was clawing and shrieking, and nothing was accom plished. This beautiful institution was among those which the Poles called "liberty." - They had others only less charming. One of them was the elective -monarchy. The Diet chose the King when the throne became va cant. In consequence of this arrange ment, as soon as the occupant of the throne became decrepit, every royal house in Europe, from Russia to France, began to intrigue with the no bles to plant one of thsir own olive branches in his place. Parties were formed partly by Jealousy, partly by money, for the Polish nobles were fa mous for their mercenary traits; for eign armies marched Into the country to promote the various candidacies, and distraction reigned supreme. Thus every election multiplied the miseries of Poland. To these political causes 1 of trouble others must be added of a different nature. For one thing, the nation was wretchedly poor. Indus try was despised. Trade was ham pered In every Imaginable way. Tax ation ground the people down and endless warfare kept them in unmiti gated penury. Like all poor and ig norant people, they were unspeakably bigoted. The country was Catholic as a. whole, but there was a large minor ity of Protestants, dating from the times of Huss, and much of the time and enegry of the orthodox nobles was spent in harrying them. Since these Protestants, with the -numerous -Jews, wer the most Industrious part of the population, it. Is easy to see how per secution reacted on the prosperity of Poland. The nation was the trouble-breeder and the scandal of Europe. In 1772 things came to such a pass that Fred erick the Great arranged with Russia and Austria to cut off certain outlying parts of the country and benevolently assimilate them. This brought the nobles to their senses, at least for a time, though it did not unite them. There was still an unpatriotic party which sought advantage through for eign interference, and the internal dis sensions grew worse instead of better. Finally, to stave off utter dissolution, the King and Diet. In 1791, agreed to accept a, constitution. If. this had been done half a century earlier, it might have saved Poland, but now it was too late. Russia, at the invita tion of the traitors, sent an army into the country under the famous Suwar oft, which was everywhere victorious over the disunited Poles. The second partition followed by which Prussia and Russia each obtained a slice. A little later there was a third partition. This time Austria shared the spoil, and Poland finally disappeared from history as an independent nation. The phantom constitution adopted in 1791 was modeled largely on that of the United States. It abolished the ridic ulous liberum veto, gave the middle class representation in the Diet and established a hereditary monarchy. It also granted religious liberty to the Protestants, but it did not emancipate the serfs. All It did for those misera ble men was to give them a certain standing in court which they never had enjoyed before. This instrument might have produced the happiest consequences if it had lived, but the troops of Catherine swooped down Over Poland; and constitution and country perished together. PBOMOTMO AX DfCOarE TAX. What the Senate committee will do with the tariff if it is not thwarted is no longer very doubtful. Under the Ding-ley act the average rate of duties was 44.18 per cent. Under the bill which Mr. Aldrlch's committee has re ported it is said to he 45.72 per cent. This does not look 'a great deal like the reduction downward which Mr. Tatt desires and which was virtually promised last Fall in the Republican platform. If all that we can expect from the demand for revision Is "this piling up of the consumers' burdens, it Is no wonder that Mr. Bailey and the other Democrats in the Senate are using the opportunity to shout-for an Income tax. The tariff compels us to pay taxes In proportion to what we eat, drink and wear. An Income tax falls on accumulated property. Hence most frequently it falls on wealth which has been earned by some other person than the present possessor. This is true . because Mr, Bailey, like all others who seriously advocate an income tax, propose ' to exempt mod erate Incomes, such as are earned by professional men. His limit Is $5000 a year. Mr. Aldrlch, In controversy with Mr. Bailey, said the Income tax which the Senator from Texas proposed would fall on the business and industries of the country, and the thought of it shocked him terribly. He need not have been shocked, because there is no tax which touches business and In dustry so lightly as an Income tax. It is one of the few taxes against which no reproach of unfairness can be brought, nor docs any well-in formed person ever think of alleging that an income tax hampers Industry a particle. Indeed, Its effect is the exact opposite of that. Most other taxes do hamper business, and they also penalize industry to a certain ex tent. The ordinary personal property tax, for example, acts as a direct pen alty upon the farmer who paints hl3 barn. The land tax, as It is assessed. Inflicts punishment on everybody who clears a farm or sets out an orchard. The Income tax does none of these un desirable things. It falls on money which is not devoted to business. It Is laid on property which has been withdrawn from Industry. Theoretically, the income tax is among the best methods of raising revenue ever devised", but, even if It were bad instead of highly commend able, Mr. Aldrlch's committee has taken the most effectual way of mak ing it popular. If the standpatters keep on raising duties, the time will come when the country will break though all restraint and see to it that the protective system comes to an end. Perhaps the best way to get rid of an abuse is to make it so bad. that it is unendurable. Then the people tram ple its life out and we are done with it for good and all. Hence it is not quite certain but that we ought to be thankful to Mr. Aldrlch and his stand- pat colleagues who have brought in this disappointing tariff bill, even if it does violate promises and scorn pledges. It may be the last straw which will finally break down -the pa tience of the public and lead out Into an era of sensible tariff legislation. THEESEEBWN THEN AND NOW. On Wednesday and Thursday of this week there will be a convention of the Association of Threshermen at the Commercial Club auditorium in this city. The name of the associa tion is suggestive of a class of men who are in close touch with prosper ity at its basic point gathering in and turning out the harvest's abun dance of the year. The Industry that they represent has risen from the most simple of vocations, -of which the sickle and the flail were chief lnstru ments, to the dignity of a profession as represented by the wonderful com bined reaper and thresher, the prog ress of which through a field of ripe grain Is worth going far to see. Threshermen of the former era held neighborly converse In great, wind swept barns in Autumn, between the "dull thunder of alternate flails.' Threshermen of today have formed themselves into an association that holds conventions in cities, in which its members talk understanding of good roads, good bridges and other matters pertinent to a prosperous ag ricultural era, and banquet on the fat of the land in a modern clubhouse at the end. And so the world moves, not by jerks and by slipping here a cog and halting there for lack of a belt to connect the machinery with the mo tive power, but along even lines, with agriculture, as becomes the oldest of the forces that enter? into industrial development and combine to produce prosperity, slightly in the lead. But, speaking of threshing ma chines, was there ever one more per fectly suited to the industrial status of. its time, of more sweetly attuned to the, drowsy melody, of Autumn sounds, than the 'flail? Or one more Indicative of progress than was the two-horse machine into which a prac ticed farmer, with a screen over his face, stood feeding -feeding all day long the plethoric sheaves, from which In a steady stream poured the plump, golden grains, while the de spoiled straw was shunted to one side? Or, speaking of threshermen, did ever a Jollier crew answer a behest of In dustry than those who "went with the thresher" in the old days? And, as to the threshermen's banquet, are any viands that it is possible to serve like ly to meet the demands of appetite more fully than were served on the long tables in farmers'- kitchens in the days when threshing was a vocation Instead of a profession? Agriculture as a science Is coming. has come, grandly to the fore. Farm ing has come to be a profession, the leaders of which, having taken a de gree in a State Agricultural College, have learned the principles underlying the miracle of growth that Is unfolded every day In field and garden, orchard and woodland, until It Is a miracle no longer, but an open study in cause and effect. Exponents of the growth In agricultural knowledge in . the past fifty years are found in the enormous products of diversified agriculture; in the response made by inventive genius in the devisement of Implements with which to plant, cultivate and harvest the crops; In the methods of transpor tation by which the surplus products of field, and orchard are placed upon the market; in farmers' schools and Institutes, district and state agricul tural fairs. Grange meetings, conven tions and lectures, and In associations formed and conventions held by men who represent special branches of ag ricultural industry and knowledge. f!IEKW.WS LETTERS. In Scribner's for May the publica tion of Sherman's extremely Interest ing "Letters Home" is continued. This set covers the period from October S, 1863, to about the middle of January, 1865. They Include the movements preliminary to the famous Georgia campaign, and recount the intimate history of that great military adven ture. In these letters is found the same simplicity and inexpressible charm of style which delighted the readers of the Sherman memoirs, only since the writer was perfectly free to say everything he thought and felt without reserve, of course they are even more pleasing. At every turn Sherman's mastery of literary English reminds one of Xenophon's Greek. To turn from the style of most current literature to his book or his. letters makes one feel as. Gibbon said he did when he had occasion to drop the tire some volumes of the Byzantine his torians for a moment and go back for a reference to the pure and elevated pages of the accomplished Athenian. Sherman not only says what he thinks in these letters, but he takes the lib erty to, change his mind. Thus, writ ing to his wife on- one occasion, he flatly calls Stanton "a villain," while towards the close of the Georgia cam paign he was glad to welcome Lin coln's Secretary of War in his camp and receive his commendations. The more one reads of Sherman's writings the more one loves him. The chances are that the American people will ultimately take him to their hearts Just as his soldiers did after he had led them down across the Con federacy to the sea.- "They think I know everything," he said of these marvelous troops, "and that they can do everything." All the way as he -marched, contrived and fought, his letters to his wife are full of his men's affection and of his plans to feed and guard them. There was much appre hension at the North when he cut loose from his base and set out upon his expedition through the enemy's country, but he seems to have fore seen every contingency and to have provided for it. Although he knew from his old-time familiarity with the country and from the census reports that an army could flourish upon its corn fields, turkeys, pigs and sweet potatoes, nevertheless he was never without some twenty days' supplies in his wacrons. and at every step ahead he depleted his battalions to guard the slender line of railroad wmcn was an that connected him with the North. When the campaign was over, and he and his men were safe in Savan nah, he looked back over what he had rtfinn not without pardonable compia- pphct. On December 81, 1864, he wT-otn to his wife's brother, the Hon. Thomas Ewirig: "Every movement I have made has been based -on sound military principles," and he added that he had always ignored secondary purposes and fixed his attention on "principals," knowing well that the rest would follow of their own accord. He wrote to his. wife, that he felt cer tain of being numbered among the leading figures of the war. He knew his own merits as well as did Caesar or any of the other great command ers, but never does he assert the slightest superiority over Grant. The love between these two supremely great military men is one of the most beautiful episodes of history. Early In January, 1865, while he was mak ing preparations to strike northward to co-operate with the Army of the Potomac, Sherman told his wtfe that he felt pride in. "the singular friend ship of Grant, who Is almost childlike in his love for me." Both Generals were like children, and wonderfully good children, too, In their entire free dom from envy, malice and all un charitableness, though their under standing of men and events was keen enough. As early as the middle of October, 1863, Sherman writes of "the days of depression and insult" which Grant had passed through before the capture of Vicksburg finally brought him out upon that eminence where envy became powerless to harm him. "I have stood by Grant In his days of sorrow," he writes. He had encour aged tha modest genius of the rising hope of the country when "such vil lains as Stanton, Wade and others" had sought to drag him down. In deed, it is well known that they had at one time almost foreed Grant to leave the Army, and Sherman played a part in keeping him at his post until the storm of detraction blew over. In these letters, Sherman's judg ments upon his contemporaries are often harsh, but in the main they are sound. For example, he says of Mc pherson, who was, unfortunately, shot near Atlanta, that "he had lost his right bower." This may be compared with ' Grants opinion that' McPher son was the only General in the West who was Sherman's equal. To succeed- his "right bower" Sherman se lected Howard, which enraged Hook er, who expected the appointment. man's poignant remarks. "Hooker," he wrote, "was envious, imperious and a braggart." and he was glad that he had left the department. He de clared, when the election of 1864 was near, that he preferred Lincoln to Mc Clellan, but he Insisted that the latter never had had a fair chance as a com mander. -McClellan "had -to fight partly with figures," he said, meaning of course that his army in fact never came up to its numbers on paper. Sherman combined military severity with kindliness of heart to an extra ordinary degree. He seems to have relished inflicting the horrors of war upon Georgia purely as a military ne cessity, while at the same time he pitied the sufferings of the population. But those who wish to understand his real gentleness must peruse what he pays to his wife about the death of their 9-year-old boy, Willie, who per ished of typhoid fever in the Fall of 1863, while the family was on a visit to the South.' For a time this un toward event filled Sherman with the most gloomy thoughts and almost re duced him to despair. For months nothing could assuage his remorse for taking his family to that dread climate." It was fortunate that mili tary preparations and changes inter vened to distract his thoughts. Grant was made Lieu tenant-General of the armies of the Union soon afterward, and Sherman was placed at the head of the troops in the West. This gave both men the opportunity to. display their consummate genius and bring the war to a speedy close. The Mfesaving service of the Govern ment was Instituted thirty-eeven years ago. During this period, 21,285 lives have been saved from the "dread sweep of the down-streaming seas," and property to the value of $211,124,- 032 has been saved, through the el forts of the men employed. The serv ice required of those who engage In this work is often arduous, and in stress of shipwreck dangerous, yet the men are meagerly paid and no provi sion has been made for pensioning or retiring upon part pay the soldiers of this valiant army. Regret for this neglect has often been voiced, but without effect upon Congress. "What is meant by the eternal fem inine' ? " asked the professor, whose class was reading Faust. There was some hesitation, till from a timid stu dent lri the back row came the answer, "Aunt Carrie Nation!" Now, it is an nounced that Carrie Nation is to join "the great army of uplifters that have made enough out of reform" at least have made all there is in it for them. In other words, Carrie will quit. Some say Mayor Lane is on the same- home stretch. Testimony in the Halns trial is mak ing quite an effective expose of the bureaucratic system which has grown up in Army circles. Young Hains was apparently admitted to the Army be cause he was unfit for anything else, and the fact that he was equally un fit for Army service in no .way pre vented him securing the position. Now what would have been said by its critics about that assembly if it had nominated Mr. Rushlight or Mr. Bailey? Nothing unpleasant, indeed. It would have been a high-minded body of disinterested and patriotic citizens met for an honorable and worthy purpose. Ah, yes. Chairman Mack, of the Democratic National Committee, is going to start a Democratic monthly magazine. It is well. A monthly magazine for the Democratic party is quite the thing for a party "whose complexion shifts to strange effects after the moon." Most of those who are predicting a June flood have had similar misgiv ings about this time of year since 1894. But let them Keep at it. ' They may make good, if they live long enough. They sent oft Abdul Hamld and locked him up with eleven of his wives. On this side of the world, they chiTm&d Castro off to the fairies of Paris. Castro should cheer up. Foot-runners covered the distance between -Salem and Portland in five hours, thirty-one minutes and twenty- Bve seconds. The Southern Pacific will have to revise its scHedule. Portland is breaking records on irrain shipments, building permits, bank clearings, postofflce receipts anything that is of record, and Port land is just beginning to grow. The owner of a few fruit trees should remember that one spraying at the right time will settle the codling moth, if it is put on with force, and it soon will be the right time. . It's about time tor those typhoid germs the doctors found in Willamette water to be bringing on the fever plague. Wonder what could have be come of those germs? The last of the Spring run :of colo nists is at hand, and they find this re gion not the half of what was told, while they read of the great storms in the land they left. The Bay City Is not Inconsistent. Japanese of quality are welcome. The laborer Is something, different. One spends money; the other earns and hoards It. Mr. Patten has been In the woods long enough to get a corner on the lumber, market, which seems to be suffering for something of the kind. Few gain Independence by hoarding money, but an investment in a few square rods of ground has an effect like a snowball rolling down bill. . The new Dutch Princess has already been named Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmlna. The Dutch are learning to sing it. San Francisco Is giving a cordial welcome to the visiting Japs and their warships. Fine thing for the Japs to have warships. A lion might eat Roosevelt if it just knew how to get him. But the African Hons, like those In America, don't know how. - Abdul is to be kept locked up in the house with four wives. The Turks have their own way of getting even. , Do not bet on another man's game at tha showgrounds. WHAT'S WRONO ABOUT ASSEMBLY! Nothinsr, Except That tt Did Timt la done CertaUn Ctuidldatesj. PORTLAND. May 1. (To the Edi tor.) It would seem that it was about time . for the antis and the Number Oners to begin to discuss the Issues of the campaign now pending, and ad dress themselves to the Issues Instead of using personalities, calling names and fighting straw men. It will be conceded by me in the out set that practically all the voters and taxpayers of the City of Portland de sire good government, a conservation of tax money collected, and a fidelity to duty by city employes from top to bottom. These ends are unquestionably desired by Republicans, by Democrats, by labor unions, by societies for the promotion of good government, as well as by the antis who are making such a terrible noise because certain Repub licans of this city have seen fit to rec ommend Joseph Simon for Mayor ' to the Republican voters in the Republl- ! can primary now. approaching. Up to this time no one has charged that any Republican will be compelled to vote for Mr. Simon against his (the voter's) will- Rlg-nt hero let me assure any timid voter who fears coercion of this sort by the . wicked assemblyites that the primary ballot Is a secret bal lot, by registered voters, and no one will be followed into the booth and compelled again Bt his will to vote for or against anyone; neither need he tell anyone how he voted, after bis ballot has been cast.' The Democratic party has also, it may be observed, indorsed a candidate In its assembly. All Democrats will be perfectly safe In voting for or against the Democratic choice, as they please. and as they did in the last mayoralty election The Democratic, press should turn . some attention to their own slide-door candidate." so-called-. The Republican voters of Portland will en deavor to- get along without following the dictates of the Democratic boss. The antis, too, these self-nominated patriots, who charge so valiantly against the "machine," as they call it. and-, who complain so bitterly because THE assembly did not support them. have held an assembly of their own in which they present ' themselves as a saorlflce on the altar of the common people. THEY will preserve the liber ties of the people if they can just get the job and the pay that goes with it. The Municipal Association ' will doubtless hold an assembly and Indorse candidates. The Socialists will without doubt hold an assembly and - - indorse candidates. Many others also will -o doubt get together and - decide . whom they will recommend to fill the various offices in the coming monlolpal elec tion. If these assemblies or gatherings are a violation of the" primary law, as is so strenuously alleged by the peo ple who were not recommended by them, it should be very easy to point out the section of the law which pro hibits such gatherings, and a demand should at once be made on the offi cers whose duty it is to enforce the laws for the arrest of : these persons who are holding these lawless assem blages, and they should at . once : be brought to trial before. Judge Gatens. In him we have a time-tried and fire tested representative of Statement No. 1 who was placed in office for the very purpose of preserving our liber ties. " .For Is It not a well-known fact, and was it not so stated in the press, and did not. those valiant guardians .of the . liberties of the people, the. mem bers of the Legislature, admit that they passed the law which gave Judge Gatens his job for the express purpoBe of taking care of Just such cases as are now presented by these . wicked and lawless persons who are holding assemblies on every hand and conspir ing against the liberties -of the people? Of course, the people voted against having another judge in their Judicial district, but the people did not know at that time that Governor Chamberlain's private secretary would bo out of Job. How could they know this? Did not the Governor have several years yet to serve? How could the people know that the Republicans whom they elected to the Legislature would elect George Chamberlain United States Senator? How could they guess that so many' Republicans lived in Mult nomah County who would so stultify themselves and betray their party? We know that they, betrayed their par ty because they said they did . when they voted for George - Chamberlain, but they excused- themselves because they said the wicked Statement No. 1 made them do It Now It would seem that some of the issues of the campaign are simply .these: that the people who are sup porting Mr. Simon have a right to support him in the way that they are supporting him, and that they need offer no excuse for doing so; that the people who are opposing Mr. Shnon have a right to oppose him and need offer no excuse for doing so There is no necessity for using vulgar or abusive language against any per son for exercising his lawful right of franchise. There is no necessity for ly ing In order to' befog the issues and to deceive voters. ' There : was no "slide door" proposition connected with the Assembly. The delegates were not selected by any1 four men. as is alleged, nor by any set of men other than the lawfully elected representatives of the Republican party, who saw fit to par ticipate in the selection of these dele gates; and continued assertions to the contrary are false and with no foun dation of fact whatsoever. The persons who selected these dele gates had a perfect right to do so. The delegates who were selected had a perfect right to act. They had a perfect right to recommend to the Re publican voters the men - they did. recommend- If the voters do not choose to follow the recommendations made, they have a perfect right to ignore them and to vote for whomsoever they wish. These, it seems to me, are some of the Issues now presented. W. W. COX. Irrigation "Work Better Than College. Milwaukee, Wis., Dispatch. President Richard C. Hughes, of Rlpon College, Wisconsin, has given uj a sal ary of $4000 a year to manage a tract of Irrigated land in Idaho, because, ha says, the new job will be : more profitable- In six years . he has doubled the endowment of the college and the at tendance. Straight Tip. Johnnie (to new visitor) So you are my grandma, are you? Grandmother Yes, Johnnie. I'm your grandmother on your father's side. JohnnieWell, you're on the wrong side; you'll' find that out! ' TOPICAL VERSE yiim Future. Quick and hair-trlggeroua, Joyous and vigorous. Home from the nlggerous African shore. Bringing a soo with him. Zebra and gnu with him, - What shall we do with him ' Our Theodore? What new renown for him? . Pick out a gown for him? Buy up a crown for him Make him a king? Make him an editor? (What, a. competitor? Who was it said It, or Fancied the thing?) No sweet manorial. Grave professorial. Staid senatorial Honors will do. Give him the stick again. Freedom to kick again! Raise the Old Nick again! "Whoop!" and "hurroo!" Railroad commissioner? Graft abolltioner? High polltlclanerT Farm autocrat? Nature my thologlst-t Trust criminologist? Unlversaloglst? Something like that? ' Do you admire him? Would you Inspire him? Do you desire him? Laid on the shelf? Peace to your pattering. Scolding or flattering! -Building or battering, - He'll run himself. -Collier's Weekly. Knock Off Early. When your coffea tastes like water. And your biscuits won't go down; When the world seems to topsy turvy. And all nature wears a frown; When your coffee tastes like water. And. your system falls to go Knock off early, it will pay you. And hike out to see a show. Bvery mortal gets to rusting Tied too fast to business cares. There are times of stress and burden In moat every man's affairs; There are times when little troubles Seem to larger Issues grow; . That's the time to cease your fretting And take in some sprightly show. "Neath the warmth of mirth and laughter All your troubles romp away. Things are plain as A B Cs are That were problems yesterday;. And with mind refreshed and easy. Life resumes Its steady flow; Into brighter channels lifted By the blithe and jocund show. . There's a saying, you have heard it. Old as tales of Adam's day. That a dullard's fate predestined For the chap that knows no play; So when bther seems to bundle ; And the blues begin to glow; That's your cue for disappearing Just hike out and see a show. Philadelphia-Star. r " ' . The Difference. The swingers on the high trapeze Their daring acts perform. The clowns make everybody laugh Amid the plaudits warm; - The whole air suddenly becomes With magic action keyed. And Johnny burns to emulate Each wondrous deed. His father chops the kindling up ";- With fine athletic stunts. -Or, tacking carpets, hits his thumb - And makes folks laugh at once; The whole air suddenly becomes With rapid action rife; Does Johnny- burn to emulate? Not on your life! New York Sun. Supreme Pleasure, I've read about the sudden joy that fills the miner's breast. When, after weary weeks of useless toil. His. pick sinks in a "pocket" and he comes upon a nest Of golden nuggets, hidden in the soil. I've pondered o'er the happiness that must possess one's soul - Who gets a letter in his morning - mall. Saying: "Sir Tour wealthy uncle's died - and loft to sou the whole Of his fortune." Gee! That's like a fairy tale! . . When, a multt-mllllon-helress promises to be your wife. You may feel a similar access of bliss. But you've had all these sensations, If Just once in all your life, You've run across a circumstance like this: - You dig up last year's Summer suit, when April comes around ' (If in the Fall you didn't have to hock it) Then what a yell of happiness you give. If you have found A bunch, of streetcar tickets in the pocket! Cleveland Leader. At This Time of Year. Now Flora ends ner long repose. Roused by the kisses of the sun; Spring odors rrreet my patient nose The .while it doth sedately run. The furnace- siege is nearly done; The meadowlands are "springing green" (That line Is such a pretty one!) With muddy highways in between. " 1 Gay zephyr pipes a merry strain. Though chill the day and gray tha dawn; Our eaves trough has a leaking drain I'll get the plumber's bill anon. How sweet to ruminate upon The new Spring garb fair Nature wears! Methinks I soon will have to don That threadbare old Spring suit up stairs. . Ah, gentle Spring! Thou precious thing. How oft have poets sung thy charms! How oft thy gentle showers bring Spring freshets with their microbe swarms! -Thy tender .nnocence disarms The captious critic, even though ' - Thy unexpected coolness harms His new tan shoes with slush and snow. Chicago News. Flower Song. O'er vibrant seas of balmy air - The dream perfumes of flowers come; I see the roses in your hair : And near May's drowsy hum. Oh! never can the years efface . The rapture of those days we knew. How fondly would I now embrace My money which bought . flowers for you! The roses in your locks of gold Distilled a fragrance faint and fine As any from the famous old Rare vintages of fragrant wine ' So many people talk about v But never drink without grimace ; In fact, I very often doubt If they would have them- round the place. Back from treasured years of youth Your virgin sweetness, I confess Still plays upon my heart; in sooth, A sentimental wireless -You seem to send me any time I smell the' perfume of the rose. Though you are 40 now, and I'm Well padded round with adipose. ' Exchange.