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PORTLAND. StXDAY, MAY 18. ISO.
FOR THE ELECTORATE.
There are some thirty or forty ini
tiative and referendum measures to
be voted on at the coming municipal
election. Many of them are intricate
and complicate: they involve propo
sitions and consequences that the gen
eral electorate cannot take time to
understand. The object behind them
is to set aside representative action
and government; to assert that the
whole body of the electorate Is as well
qualified and prepared to decide ques
tions that arise in municipal govern
ment as a few can be tvho in their
respective lines of Inquiry, of study,
practice and action, have gone Into
the details of all these matters, and
have had opportunities therefore of
gaining special knowledge. The result
of the initiative and the referendum,
then. Is to set aside all this special
knowledge, and to require, as Indeed
it pre-supposes, in every elector, as
complete a knowledge of municipal
affairs and of general administration
thereof, with all the technical learn
ing, as those persons may possess who
have given long and special attention
to such subjects. It is a mistake.
Moreover, it completely sets aside
the idea of representative government,
under which all modern and all demo
cratic progress has been made. Tho
people, of course, as a body, want to
do the right thing. But, they haven't
the time, they haven't the opportunity.
to inquire into the necessary details.
Only a few have the Inclination. We
are putting up to the elc-ctorate tho
decision of a great number of ques
tlons. of which they can have no ade
quate knowledge.
To say this Is- not to dispute- or to
question the right of the people to
seir-government. . But all can not
Btudy all questions. Modern life de
pends on, adjustment of the results of
experience, or science, in Innumerable
departments, to new and to growing
needs. Here, now, is the opportunity,
here is the need of representative
government, as never before. The
people are to rule, but they should
delegate their power to those who
they deem most competent to do the
things wanted. Only thus can they
get best results.
But. It is said, representatives be
tray the people: therefore the people
must take -legislation Into their own
nands.
Representatives betray the people
less than many suppose. There is dan
ger of such betrayal, undoubtedly: for
the representative may not be much
wiser than his constituency, nor al
ways honest. But tho people ought
to be able to protect themselves by
exercise or care in the selection of
their representatives. Unfortunately
nere, too, they may be misled by char
latans and pretenders. During the
last four years in the municipal gov
ernment of Portland charlatanry has
had Its run as never before. There
some sign now that this fact Is real
ized, and that the knowledge will con
trol the coming election.
A bunch of notions and fads is be
fore the people of Portland for enact
ment into law by the vote of the elec
torate; and socialistic incivism has
held up other propositions, by appeal
.to the referendum. Of course there
ought to be Intelligence enough to
pass on all these propositions. But
even the more intelligent, in many
Instances, do not fully understand,
end they admit It. The less intelli
gent will vote by guess, without con
sideration of the propositions or their
consequences; and the less actual
knowledge they have the more posi
tive and dogmatic and determined
they will be. But the shallow politi
cian, seeking his own interest and pro
motion and advantage, will talk to
them and urge "them on in the name
of liberty and the rule of the people.
Now. as to all these propositions
some thirty or forty of them sub
mitted for the coming election. A few
of them may be understood, and
some of them perhaps should be
adopted. But others are based on
merely personal inferests. or on theo
retical notions, which never could get
attention In an intelligent representa
tive body; therefore they appear here.
Tho right ajxd. suro .way for the elec
tor, if he do not fully understand
any one of the multitude of proposi
tions on this ballot, and cannot fore
see the sure consequences of it, is to
vote against it: And then, if he do
fully understand, in- -a majority of
Instances he will .vole against it "any
how. Here is a ballot a yard long. It is
Impossible Tor ' the general voter to
read the ballot -through, to studv each
subject, and decide, rstinnallv. what
he ought to do. Much of the voting
probably a majority, will be done at
random: other propositions will be
passed over without a vote, or with
negative mark. In most cases this last
will be the safest way.
The vice of this system Is that it
Invites all persons who have special
Interests ,to be served, all w ho are
devoted to dreamy theories and to
special fads or chimeras for regenera
tion of society, to appeal to the Initia
tive on the one hand for legislation
denied by sober judgment of represen
tatives of the people, and for referen
dum on the other, to arrest measures
that representatives of the people
have approved. This system of gov
ernment, though -ideal in a way is
found to be on the whole ai'varlance
with the wellbeing and progress of
the state. Perhaps after a little it
will be checked in its endeavors. But
thus far it has proved an annovance
and danger to peaceful progress and
the general welfare. It gives caprice
whimwham, crotchet, vagary, hysteria,"
self-seeklng Interest, theories of vari
ou kinds and half-baked notions,
first place for consideration, to the
exclusion of Judgment based on experi
ence and knowledge. It puts up Just
now some thirty-five questions to the
electors of Portland, on a ballot of an
ell's length, which it is not possible for
the voters to consider in detail, and
upon .which therefore they cannot
return an Intelligent declrtion.
AIDING OCEAN C OMMi-IW E
More than 10 years have passed
since Portland completed a channel to
Astoria, that obviated any necesslty
for lighterage. With the remjoval of
the old lighterage handicap came a
reduction in ocean freights and the
placing of Portland on an even basis
with othor Coast ports. When Port
land began this work that has proved
so benetlcial to the entire Northwest,
the population of the city was less
than one-half that of tho present time.
The burden has not been a light one
for Portland, but the results have
Lbeen so satisfactory that no complaints
are Jieard. and the progress made, by
comparison with that of other older
and greater ports, is extremely gratify
ing. This is suggested by a cable to
the New York Sun, announcing the
opening of a new channel la the
AVhangpo River In China, by which It
is possible for large ocean steamers to
ascend the river as far as Shanghai
without lightering.
Shanghai is one of the big trading
ports of the Far East and for centuries
a great ocean commerce has bee-, han
dled at that port. Unfortunately for
Shanghai. the ocean carriers that
handled this vast commerce, were
nearly all obliged to anchor In the
YangLse River at Wusung bar and
lighter roort of their cargo- 12 miles
up the Whangpo River to Shanghai.
In the old days, when tea and other
Oriental products commanded high
prices, and the ships which carried the
cargoes secured enormous freights, th
expense and delay of lightering were
less seriously regarded than at tha
present time. Besides, there were no
railroads In China and no mean o
diverting the tea from Shanghai to
some more favorably situated port.
The tea clippers waited at Wusung
bar until the cargo could be lightered
down to them, and Shanghai held Its
tea trade regardless of this heavy tax
on the traffic. Advancing clvlll7jttlon
and increasing trade coiimctlr Inn
however, in time taught Shanghai that
It was the custom the world over,
-wnerever possible, to take the ship to
the cargo. Instead of followlna- the
more expensive method of taking the.
cargo to the ship. Tho big Chinese
port has not only improved the Yang
tse River so that the larger types of
ocean steamers can enter without dif
ficulty, but as stated in the Sun's cable
the Whangpo. which bears the same
relation to Shanghai that the Willam
ette bears to Portland, has been deep
ened until big ocean carriers can go
ngni into me narbor at Shanghai
without lightering.
River Improvement of this char
acter is being carried on at New Or
leans, at Philadelphia, at London.
everywhere in fact where a channel
can be dug that will admit of bringing
the ship a little closer to the point
where the cargo is to be received or
discharged. Portland at the present
time has a. channel In the Willamette
and Columbia Rivers fully as good
and, for most of the year, somewhat
better than the channel over the bar.
The Iatter. however, is being scoured
out by new jetties, and there is even-
assurance that another year or two
will show a depth of water sufficient
to float much larger ships than can
now enter, with safety.
To accommodate these larger steam
ers it is necessary that the river chan
nel be deepened a foot or two. and no
time should be lost In beginning the
work. Portland's over-sea trade has
been one of the most Important fac
tors In the growth of the port, and to
retain this rapidly-growing business
this city must provide a channel in
keeping with that with which other
ports are favored. It has no Wusung
bars in its rivers, but there are still a
few shoal places that need attention.
It will be much easier to retain ocean
trade now than it will be to win It
back.
TirE OX WAGON AVD ITS ERA.
Attractive posters. conspicuously
printed In blue on white paper, an
nounce the meeting In this city June
II of the thirty-seventh annual re
union of the Oregon Pioneer Associa
tion. The meeting will be held, not
in the Armory, as for some years past,
but in the commodious auditorium ef
the Masonic Temple. Kmbellishlng the
posters containing the announcement
are the covered wagons. 1. e.. wagons
over which canvas is tightly stretched,
drawn by long lines of oxen. Neither
picture nor description can give more
than a superficial idea of these wag
ons the homes of pioneers for full
half a year, as they journeyed at first
by pleasant, later toy painful, stages,
but always moving slowly from the
Missouri River to the Columbia In the
fourth and fifth decades of the past
century. To be appreciated these
wagons must be seen. Candor com
pels the statement that close inti
macy with these old covered wagons
for a period of half a year detracts
somewhat from any romance that
may have been woven around them at
first glance as an ideal means of con
veyance. ...
But such as they were, they held
and still hold a place In the history
of the most strenuous, and at - the
same time, the most wonderful move
ment of home-seekers In relatively re
cent years. It is. Indeed, practically
Inconceivable that any prudent, re
sponsible head of a family should
have yoked oxen to these lumbering,
clumsy vehicles, stored them with
bacon and hardtack, with dried apples
and rice as an occasional luxury: such
bedding and clothing as were abso
lutely necessary (which thus gauged
was mighty little) mounted delicate
women and from eight to half a score
of children atop of the load and
struck out through a practically track
less wilderness swarming with In
dians whose temper was at best un
certain, on a Journey of several thou
sand miles.
Yet this was the American emi
gration movement during the decades
above designated, and its .!..
brought to the far Oregon country Its
first settlers. Its subsequent state
makers, a courageous company of
men. women and children, the sur
vivors of whom are hailed, honored
and feasted upon this annual occasion
as pioneers.
These were people who. In their
youth were of determined will, daunt
less courage and enduring physical
fiber. Yet it must be said. In the llg-ht
of experience, that Ignorance of what
this great emigration movement really
meant In danger, fatigue. Impoverish
ment, sickness, privation and death
stood them In the stead of courage.
Otherwise the long journey, with lis
hazards to the helpless, would not
have been undertaken under the con
ditions that attended It.
But undertaken 11 was by hundreds
of adventurous homeaerkera from 140
o lso. Within the limits of these
two decades there were good years
and bad years, as reckoned by the vi
cissitudes that attended these wan
derers the way. Now the Indians,
over whose hunting grounds these
dusty caravans crept slowly, day after
day. were hostile to the movement and
hung upon the rear of the crawling
columns menacingly: again, they were
seemingly friendly, though with ever
a -rj- eye upon the rifles that hung
to the wagon bow. Polluted water and
I unsanitary food caused much sickness
ana without remedial agencies or
knowledge wherewith to cortrol it.
there were In the years of the heaviest
emigration many deaths.
Still the "covered wagons" Jolted
forward, the eyes of the surviving ten
ants anxiously scanning the western
horizon until finally a halt was called
and homebulldlng In a most primitive
way, began. It was thus that the
foundations of the state were laid. Its
history In detail has never been
never can be, told. I-ips that strug
gled with the narration In n-lghhorly
way In the early years have become
silent: bodies that literally beat them
selves out ag.unst condition of pov
erty and Isolation that mere slow to
yield, have returned t d-ist; little
graves made by pitying neighbor In
secluded corners of o i land claims
hare been lveled by time and oblit
erated by the plowshares of plenty
and from an Isolated community, lit
erally scratching for a living In a
beautiful wilderness. Oregon has
grown to be a prosperous, populous
state: the covered" wagon has become
a memory tho, slow. moving oxen lit
tle more than a tradition representing
an Impossible means of transports
tlon.
COLLKOES AND B47 HOOIA
In his recent address to the students
t the Agricultural 'olg. Mr. J. H.
Ackerman. Hupertntendcnr of public
Instruction, took the ground that the
schools of lower grade are dependent
on the colleges for Inspiration and en
ergy. Without the colleges, he gave
his young audience to understand, the
grammar schools would pine and lose
their vitality. No complete report of
Mr. Ackerman's remarks Is accessible,
but probably this account of the spirit
of his address is pretty nearly correct,
because the opinions ascribed to him
are those which educational leaders
have held and practiced for many
years. In a measure they are war
ranted. That the colleges have greatly
Influenced, or Inspired, the lower
schools Is certain, but it Is not by any
means so certain that the Inspiration
has been beneficial. Learned faculties
have been engaged, for a long time. In
laying down work for the primary
St-hnnli Ia A a "TV. i . .
..v. i (,r j n e prescnoea
the time and manner of doing It. They
uo.o mruiurFa on me amount of liter
ature to be studied and enacted rules
for dissecting It. Under their directive
will Milton has been minutely anat
omised. Burke has been resolved Into
his primitive elements and Tennyson
has been reduced to a triturated mass
of vocables.
The colleges hsve told the common
schools how much algebra they must
teach, how much history, how much
science. Kverythlng has been preclsely
measured off. the sentimental and hu
man elements eliminated and the Irre
ducible dust of knowledge thrown Into
examinable shape for the convenience
of college entrance requirements. That
this process has been a labor-saving
one for the faculties there can be little
doubt. Whether It has made the
schools more useful to the country or
not Is another question. The condi
tions which please the learned gen
tlemen who arrange college entrance
requirements Are not t ...
best ones for the boys and girls who
have to submit to them. From this
point of view, while it Is admitted with
Mr. Ackerman that the colleges have
deeply Influenced the loner-grade
schools. It may be Inquired with some
seriousness whether ihn- ,,..-
done more harm than good. Ths com
plaint Comes from manv . . .
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the college professors who have taken
a hand In this work were without ade
quate acquaintance with the demands
mai tney nave laid'
down cut-and-drieH co. ....... ..
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schools which bear little relevance to
the future needs of the n..,.n. i .,
e mac
the schools, under their deadly Inilu-
ei.ie, mii oeen made so repulsive to
those who ought to get the most bene
fit from them that hove k- , ... . . .
ages of 14 and 20 forsake the class
room and get what education they can
In the street.
The most 1roro com,i.tna wi
sort w hich has appeared lately may be
found In the May number of the
World's Work. It - - - . . ...
James P. Munroe and states the case
against the colleges as dictators to the
lower school unsnarlna-lv but
the whole fttlrlv- u, vi
- - . ... u 1 1 in? loviTm
out rials of wrath upon the examina
tion fetloh. and he Is entirely correct
In the accusation that this. hideous
monster has been m . .
eminence by the college professors. In
...e.r- n.Be to raise their entrance re
quirements" they have seized upon the
-men examination as the one thing
of value In school life. Kv-rr other
purpose has been subjected to Its ru
inous tyranny. Evprr ..art - t
tlon which could not be mea,ured in a
written examination they have ruth
lessly banlaherf from i . . .
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ana a far a r o- ,:.. , .
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School, too. The whole strength of
.e.en.ng rorce or the countrr has
been perverted to ih ., '
select few for college, while the mass
of our youth has had to be satUJled
with what the college candidates were
....n...; or leave school altogether.
Most of them chose the latter alterna
tive and left. To the youth who (ras
not thought Of attenrllr.. -,.11 . -
studies preparatory to entrance are
but dust and ashes. T him thev are
without meaning or purpose. To the
iie wnicn ne knows he roust live they
bear no relation.
That this Is not in - i.ii, i
- .... ism limy dq
.rom me comparative enroll
ments of the prlmsry and high
schools. Out of our S7.000.000 people
there are 17.000.000 pupils enrolled In
the primary schools, both public and
private. In the high schools all to
gether there are less than a million.
In other words, only one youth out or
every seventeen enters the high
schools. The only education our bova
and ftrls cb:ala la -what ihty can ex
tract from the Impoverished curricu
lum of the grammar schools. Under
proper management Mr. Munroe
thinks that boys could be held In the
high schools until they are of suitable
age to go, to work and the course
could be made to prepare them for
their work. Mat that can never be
done so long as the only purpose held
before the high school scholar Is to
pass examination. The studies must be
brought Into direct relation with life
and everything taught must have a
visible bearing on the real world. The
-hoo!s must be emancipated from
Greece. Rome and algebra, to -nothing
of the hateful old lrant
called rhetoric. If the colleges would
undertake the' task of liberating pri
mary education from Its follies, they
would Indeed help the world, but In
stead of liberating their aim thus far
has been to rivet the fetters more se
curely. the romi or mint.
That our fortunes In the next world
will depend entirely upon the creed
we adopt and the forms of rvorh!p
we practice here, may be admitted and
still the question will remain open
how much we are helped or hindered
In the business of this life by prayer
and the faith which underlies It. Pis.
russloti of the question may be per
plexed a Utile by the double meaning
of the word "faith.- If we are not
careful at the outset to say what we
mean by It. The faith w hit h mean
nothing more than belief In the justice
of one's cause Is. of course, entirely
helpful. Kew men could light suc
cessfully for an object ohkh they were
convinced was wrong, though to some
It does not seem to make much dif
ference. Nor Is there any doubt that
It helps an army In the Held to believe
that tiod la assisting its general with
h! counsel and omnipotent power.
Hut. since both opposing armies always
cherish this belief, and In about the
same degree, perhaps, upon the whole,
neither derives niurh net benefit from
It. The hostile faiths, like the hot lie
cannon, ten. I to cancel each llir. In
the last- great war. for Instance, the
lorlona ancestors who Inspired the
Japanese troop were a fair set-ofT to
the Ikons which consoled and stimu
lated the Russian.
That faith which mean confluence
In the justice or strength of one'a cause
not the kind hn h we are about to
discuss. What we have In mind I I he
other and very different kind, which
consists In the belief that some a.iper
natural power can be Induced by
prayer to Intervene In human affairs
and alter their course. The question
I whether this sort of faith and the
prayer which it prompts have helped
or hindered the progress of tha Indi
vidual man and of the world as a
whole. For the sake of the argument
let u assume that there la some such
kindly power w ho answers prayer.
In other word, let us assume that the
promises concerning prayer In the New
Testament are literally true and that
whatsoever '. ask from the auper
natural we can obtain: nay. that we
ran ecn remove mountain If we have
the proper amount of faith.
If men could thus obtain whatever
they desired by simply getting down on
Ihelr knees and asking for It. what
would be the effect upon their char
acters T How much the spirit of self
help would be left to them In the
course of a generation or two? What
would hinder them from degenerating
to the low estate of the parasite which
dwells deep ln the wool of a sheep and
spend Its life sucking? The Almighty
would be our storehouse, and exist
ence would consist In drawing checks
upon him. It can hardly be claimed
that this would be a very exalted ca
reer for the human race 10 follow it
U not very much nobler, when one con.
sidera the matter honestly, to be pau
perized by the deity than to be pauper.
Ixe, by Mr. r-arnegie. The result Is
about the same In either cane.
We may, therefore, take It for a
fortunate circumstance In human life
mai prayer are. as a rule, not
answered. Please keep In mind, at
this Important Juncture. Jut .what I
meant by prayer. It signifies a direct
request to the deity for ten dollars, or
for a shower of rsln. or to be cured of
pneumonia. Such prayers, we relier
ate. human experience shows, are ael-
dom answer.!. Whether they are ever
answered or not la a debatable point.
The reported answers are fairly
numerous, but when they are examined
candidly most. If net all. of them can
be explained without Invoking the
supernatural. When a minister prays
for rain, and It rains the next day. he
can. of course, say that his prayer was
answered and produced the shower,
but the Inevitable suspicion Intrudes
that It would have come just the same
If he had not prayed.
lake the case of diseases. Home of
me cures said to be caused by prayer
are very remarkable and would be con
vincing If It were not for the fact that
others quite as wonderful are brought
about by drugs and still others by men.
tal suggestion. It may be remarked at
thl point that those who have a great
ileal to ay about their confidence In
the power of prayer have always
shunned a direct test by which Its ef
feel could be weighed and measured.
When a great English scientist sug.
gested that the world of th pious unite
their efforts to depreea a balance pan
by prayer, hi Invitation was not ac
cepted.
Concerning reported answers to
prayer. It may also be said that they
are exceptional and present an aspect
of unfairness. When, for example,
a lna-te sailor I saved from a shln-
re, k. he Is apt to mty that the Al
mighty heard his praera and brought
him ashore. Ioubtle the other sail,
or also prayed. Why waa Ihls par
ti. -ular one selected for reacua?
I'sual'.y no good reason ran be a.
s.cned. ll was pur partiality. f jt
we anything, that Intervened In his
favor. How can we reasonably at.
tribute the good fortune which once
In a great while befall human beings
lo the effect of their praers while We
overlook the Innumerable Instance of
those who pray no less earnestly ajd
who are left to suffer and die In un
mitigated misery? If the Almighty
doe, now and then. Intervene, as he
Is said to do. doc It not prove that he
is cruel, rather than merciful? Th
Intervention rremble that of a ca
pricious trrsnt. rather than th act of
a rational ruler.
There was a long period of the
world's history during which men al
most ceased to depend upon their own
efforts for whst they desired and re
lied, with much unanimity, on prayer.
Thl period Is known a the Age of
Faith. It extended, roughly speaking,
from the time of Aristotle to the dawn
of the Renalasance. and perhaps down
to the beginning of the triumph of
Bacon'a philosophy. Ja all that locg
period, covering many centuries, the
sol reliance of th race In alt It
difficulties was upon th Almighty, and
the way to obtain his aid was Ihrourh
prayer. Whst wa the consequence?
The world ley stagnant- At the close
it the Age of Faith no more was
known about the cure iT disease thaa
at the beginning, industry' had stood
still. Science was dead. Art had
nourished, but It waa with a vlror de
rived from pagan tireece. A Tolstoi
points out. art wa atheistic. In thl
dsrk period of history there were th
beginnings of many better things, but
faith consistently fought them and
smothered them whenever It could.
Such was the result of depending on
prayer. After Bacon, men began to
depend upon themselves. Since hi
time the world has moved farther thsn
It did In all the millions of car of
Its previous history.
Extension of the .franchises fr the
street railroads to th Swift works and
to the ends of vsrlous streets will be
of more service and Importance to the
people In aiioti quarters of tha city
thsn to the rarllne company: for th
company bold and will hold for many
years th msln franchise In the heart
of the city. These. Indeed, shouldn't
have been given away, but they were.
That wrong waa exposed by Th tre
gonian long ago. and It Is useless ro
reopen the exposure. These stub and
street ends. In various places, need
service; and It la believed that the
hold-up by the referendum will not
be to the public advantage. The fran
chise wiil be wanted by no others, so
long as th present company controls
th line in Uie center of the city; et
the people on these outer and distant
treei want the service. The fran
rhtee for thesvs street end cn run
no longer than for ih main lines, and
st the expiration th whol may be
readjusted. The (lr-r"iln I of the
opinion that the referendum on Ihts
subject will not be approved by th
popular vote.
i
Fortunately, the .!s of M. Ju.ae.
rand. French Ambassador to the
United States. Is so limed that Port
land will he able tn show him some.
Ihlng I Imported from hi tend and
lmproed. He will arrive her June
II. just at the height of the rose sea
son for blooming. Th Kren. h are
very fond of the Madame f'aroline
Testout roe, which was produced in
Ihst rnuntrt. Nowhere d.ws It grow
to such perfection a here In ear -em
Oregon. Its originator had faint
lda of I: Incomparable beauty until
he learned from an rpert rostarian
who had traveled over the world of
the Madame Caroline Teetout which
he saw- growing lit the garden of W. R.
Slbson at Iliverdale. M. Juseerand
will be able to make comparison with
other varieties originated In Franc,
not to our discredit.
The branch hdrographlc office In
thl city, which seenis . anxious to
give publicity to misleading state
ments regarding the depth of water on
the Columbia bar. might secure some
data from the master of the Marge l.
which wa Mown out of th channel
w hlle crossing th bar and stranded In
water than was reported by fap
taln n. W. J. Essen, of the steamer
Klder. It 1 not Improbable that
soundings taken where Barge l
struck would disclose considerably
less thsn :0 feet of water. Neither
that report, nor the one mad by the
master of the Kldcr. would be of any
value as showing the maximum or
minimum depth of water In the best
channel over the bar.
Mr. Munly. pemorratlc candidate
for Mayor. Is an excellent man. Hut
Isn't he a little 1st In his discovery
that the sacred primary Is to be over
thrown because It was used for the
nomlnatlop of Simon, who got more
voles In the primary than all other
candidates. Munly and Ian Included?
Whst Is that but a victory for the
primary? The discovery that th pri
mary la to be overthrown by using It
Is a wonder. Indeed; next to the dis
covery by men of earth of the names
of the distant stars. Plecoverle Ilk
these are among th triumphant
achievements of the human Intellect.
One of the mot widely known men
of Oregon of the early day was Ahlo
Scott Wstt. who died Jcsterday in'
Kal Portland. He w as a native of
Ohio, born In Ii. and cam to Ore
con In :. He lived many years In
Yamhill County; latterly In Portland.
"" man of unusual Intelligence
and activity, and a prominent mem
ber of a large family which has made
Its mark la Oregon, and of which
many, members survive throughout
the Northwest.
What's all thl pother tn th Wes
ton Leader asatnst I hoe who refused
further stste support to th so-called
normal schools? Merely that the
Weston paper la In a frame of mind
because the state would no longer up.
port a school In Its own town. Th
Weat on paper wouldn't car to hats
the state lend Its support to th
school at New berg and Forest tirove.
Indeed. Its Indignation would rise at
the proposal.
My Ijady Rhododendron announces
her Spring opening In tha region
round about Ysqulna Hay. A general
Invitation Is extended to all to see the
very latest thing In Spring clothe and
tints as diplaed by my lady on her
native heath. The tints are from the
laboratory of Nature herself, and the
show I arrwns-ed br her own hand.
California i!l not get its bread and
seed wheat from lis net Is t his year.
For part of thl uppl. how much
cannot j et be told. It must too. Ia
th Northwest State). our producer
may. fairiy expect good prices fr
wheat thl year.
ftometlmea she 1 known as Xlrs.
Hazel Moore and other time as Mrs.
Florence. She proved herself a very
versatile woman, so that versatility of
names fit her finely.
The Oregon F:te Grange l-jrr.s
down state ownership of railroads. lis
members evidently don't wish to mort
gage their farms In bounties to rail
road magnates.
Butter Is altogether too high In tha
local market, but Puget Sound peopl
want the best and send here for It,
"Intellectual poppy- Is Ir. Alonxs
C. Trnnys Interpretation of iBrho
therapy. The best definition t.
Qualified elector will te able to
vote oa almost any old I-ropoeltlon
next nonlX
s-ja raos the rot vniT.
Ossertul a tk rwniaad fit see ry
sad I Bteewlt ef It.
MralirtDvill uporer.
Th rortland primary has rem and
Sn nd folitw- ft considerably at ae
SHU. there ar so roe thlrs t-'t are evi
dent to th casual obeertrr. The elect Ion
was not only quiet, but provokod but
little Interest. K eo among those refcls-t-'
J aa Krutll-an only about hair
vte4. and of thee considerably saor
than half voted tor Joe rUmon. the As
sembly candidate Naturally. judging
from peat experteor. not all of I -e
'tS sbo voted that ticket are really
Republicans. Iraetl-ally K In the
tat voted th tNrnorrallc ticket last
Fall, t ourtlrs In the same proportion.
"m of these IVrtlanuer voted for
Tmn. This, however, but makrs th vic
tory for Simon the greater.
The election ha em other snin
eance. Without doubt It show that
fialen-er.t No I has weikmed. A ear
Portland N t. I l;tublieans car
ried the day meet dorisivelr. Thl ar
th vol foe Itu.hl Iht and Ksliey. a
total of Xea, or scarcely over on-lhird
of the total, show more nearly their
strength. In fet It Warns apparent
Immediately after th June election and
It ws certain that Riarement No. I.
with ita false registration, ha J not or.ly
o'eeted Fulton hut had elected Cham
berlain to the United ISfslea senate.
Many declared tl.at they were rUste.
ros-nt No. I men no longer. They rams to
fee that that ptln.li.4e had trtrked thein
Inf.. choosing a man they did not Want.
There la of enuos a pemalhiltte that
lmo may et be defeated for the lem.
rrata aist tle tare part of the Si a -men I
men will oi.poM l.ltn. and enme other
will fear tn. aery and ring rule; but It
now looks very much as Iboucta Portland
I es-pl W1l recognise Mm as a bustrvea
man ho will give them that kind of aw
alminl.trslkoo. Now w 1.l await th
elortloo-
Tn -a:ii- rtiniMTK.
Twe May te rtwj sapritil Mew
tee of n-e.
lehttinti t'rlelen
Almost without n eft:oq ft. ss
emhi recommended ntsM.irl for
ell? etfl.,r were nnthlralH at t h
prlmarr election m INrtlan.l last hat.
urdsi. The tl. kel for illy efflrrt. will
be leaded er -l-en-or Joseph. hmen,
l.l!e we Ilia not been an arrirnt
surnorter at all time of eiteer Mr.
hlmon or Ms policies In politics. et
In thl Instance we hellers 11. people
of fort '.r. 1 lata arted In nnmlr.i:ng
hint for Mayer ef that great c'le. Tn
primary eletloa Is of mu-tt more than
local concern In lertland. II haa a
'ew.le Imrotusrs m that It In.
d.Maea Ih sKsthly-rmirrarMc j ran
.lMslrs for trl, snj wm Mscourac
; self .constituted candidal with
wh'rh tMs state has been cursed for
the last fw leers. V4 e a-e willing to
edtoral from now nntlt tr hall slat
rampslsn an ea.e-nt.lr ef Itepuhll. an
of the slate for the purpose of adopt.
Ing a platform ant policy for tbe party,
and lo recommend candidate for U
slat office; I i a eouniy assem
bly for the nrcsnlxatlon ef county pol.
Itlr We ftrnilv t-e!lse that the coun.
ty and stale will secure better men for
all orTloes hy uch a plan, and the stale
wl. receive a hestet service. We io
not anoale the doing awa WHh the
prlmarr election, hut these aescnthlr
convention for the purpose ef aiding
In rarrMng out th very principle
for which th primary law was ere.
ated. Krr well. advised person
knows that th primary law ha sadly
tnlvcarrted In Its oh)ect and purposes.
Tl primary law thus carried out will
be the weapon In tl e hands of Hie peo
ple to compel a,ualtnet and competent
men la be nominated for all offl.es.
ITssj a I.sjcs
I V eeV I J . tbe Seeelaler.
I rsellaa I.
live nomination et Joseph himon wa
aeeomntished by th people: it remain
for them to elect him. An e'fort la being
mad bv a c-rosrd of dlsaartsned Would
be bnasra, whose rwndadate the beopl
rentullBled on Saturday, to Indues ot hers
of their creature In run a Independents
a sins Mr. Si -non. These would-be boeee
are assuring th people that th people
oo not want air. r:moa lor Mayor, and
that hi nomination was secured bv trick
and deceit. They are also Informing ua
that tni dlrsct primary la not th proper
Way to nominal candidate: the direct
primary permit men of email caliber la
offer themselves for the franchise of th
people. The only proper way to nominal
la to permit eor would-be basse to do It.
I ne argument w-oul.l provoke laughter if
It did :ol acite ron I .m pi . ; o man who
did not submit himself and his qualifica
tion to the people at th direct prlmarr
should tecelv any consideration from tit
peopl at election. The direct primary
I th peopl wy of nominating candi
date, any other method Is th would-b
bosssse' method.
Th peopl nominared Mr. Klmon be
cause the people had had enousb of th
sky-rocket and k!t-ftinr style of ad
ministration enou:h of the crasr-Q.iUl
maker and cheap toker who fiddled and
tad.led whll I "on land s Interests wrr
hcglec'ed. Th people war tired of C.m
men who spent o much time promising
ir.inr i hat they had no time for perform
ing anything tired of the scandals In rV
toiic iienartmenf. lrreulariue in the
street department, incompetency tn the
waler department, and the widespread In
efficiency that follows general CHC de-
mra:iitioa. The peopl wanted a mart
whom they could trust la alt them w
business-like Administration of sty
affair, and they numinated Joerrdl Si
mon as Ih en beet qualified for Ih
work.
XKK TVAt AS tKIRST MKX.
Am Old rvtater .! Twsa Hewer ee
Tfte tse Islser.
W. V. I .and sit el is the arte tied for,
man ef " t. or. N i H'puMcn.
wl wh t the ltfub::oa organ la Wayne
luniy la. that state.
"l v been ta t:. la business for Id years
now-. He d to a T--fne reporter Iset
"ek aa he atroked las gray mus'-ache.
"and I have seen sons tetr people in my
time. Tea. sir. wr.U th newspaper bust,
twe I exacting and telling satis aervc
It does harbor ot read laay f ". trout
time to Umax."
-Whom da yew consider th cham
pion laay man ef th newspaper f s me -1.
wa asked.
""That l so easy te answer. was hi
reply, with a wan smi. "Almost any
ef It rwal Old-timer la this business
would glv sou his name rtgt-.t off the
bat. Wfcj. Mark Taala held live
bell."
The Itepubllcan s foreman reflected.
"I waa a printer- devil on the Ituf
falo r.i.rsa 4 fear ago," h said,
"sod one of my dull waa Is sweep the
room where reporter and editor
worked Kvery day during the time
that ktcrk waa a partner la the
put-lleatlon er th l.ipr.aa w
bribed by hint In Ih cause of rest and
ease. I wuuid naap try corner of
thai rworn. and when I rem lo Mark a
desk, on which hi feel reposed, he
would look me over and ask me t so
awa. - d-nt want my part of ih
office cleaned up.' I. would . '11 rase
don't n.ak ru mate. I'm so comforta
ble Then .. would give me a nickel t
get away from Mm and leave him la
l.ls on corner without ny ef Ih de.
br: of Ih business rleaied away. 11
would rat..r die if.er in Ih duel ar.d
truck thaa uncroa hi leg or tilt his
chair back so that I toulj sweep up."
Hr other Laadslttel slopped the pres
lone enough to find out what wa chip
ping th corner of hi pases aa tfiey
sere swept downward rrera Ih big
ro.leis.
"Yes. sir.- he ruminated, "li wa cer
tainly Usy. cane day he gave me a
nickel to dot an V in his c.Pr for Mm.
He did certainly enjey life, that rue a
Cli. New Tor Ttaiea
TOPICAL VERSE
nalrfal Rrflecxtoa.
Wn. in the walk of Pre. I m brought
With stransrer-fo. k toarether.
I often .1u.10er at Ih tliouxhl;
'.:ppose there were ne weather!
fur-pose In all the rearms ef talk
isuian i say a llilns like
"It i
ather sloppy for a wa.a."
Mracloua. but it s Spring l:keT-
Or.
eturnoae one couldn't talk ef sleet.
tr snow or rain torrential.
Or even mention cold and heat
present, or potential:
Imag-ne dsily speech with no
Most welcome weather t.arhors'
The cruel loss id us' end. oh'
Th d) (Terence to iMirhcrs.
New iork Timea.
Cousin Sercno'a" I'salm ot Life,
T'"l ua not in mournful numbers
W are making a mistake;
aSf'l the duped r-onsjuarr slumber.
He will never gel awake.
We care nothing for petitions:
'n and send them If ou please;
St'll we It fix up fine conditions
For our infant Industrv
'-" ! women vent tHe'r sorrow;
If the g'ove they wear todav
fcell be full .f hole, tomorrow,
fan t Ihey mend Ih thing eorn wayl
When the voter gn to battle
Are they heroes la tl sin's?
are l.ke dumb, drtv-ea rail's.
And well drive 'em-helrhrr life;
Tr-uata an love1 ; trusts at pleasant!
N.Jsl.l.,r,..,t what s eai.V
W hre dw-s lainrlls slsnd al present ?
Why. be ru ght aa well be deed.
Uvea of filiauer all reentasd ua
That r h duties are auM me
On l.ls side, i here fore. ota nr. 4 v.s
-hepr glove would he a rtlme!
our sister and v our roothee
If tley happen te csvenplsjn;
ihem darn their si-srkii.es, VT-eiVes-T
befog a woman btarn.
Tow witl fr-.s us up and doing.
A'wajs ad.ltng to tl,e tale.
Never cutting down nor has.r g
I-s I consumers par is fee's!. i-
"."hicage Record -Hera.
'Career. Jlaale.
S a acwf -f lr-n. e.
I'o. kct full ef ho.es.
Far on hie uppers.
Mamma al toe polla.
II rid get w-lll. I He cooper
Al the kl'.clten door.
Itahy Lev it- laninmii
an tl.e parlor fher.
IMoet eow a-bvimming
llssn I arte oh
OM.ei daua-Mrr 'urnmlng
Vtudv-lr.g the motv.
OtSee kvds t.ist roaming
IJke a rVork of staeep:
Fa msiaa home at gloaming,
Hlue scam sis feel deep
And whew the polls are opened.
n. bow IS ballots a.rt'
Ptt ma drop in at midnight
Too tired lo say a line
New Iork Times.
l-ay e a Weaeterw Mease.
-Ivt", build us a beautiful home.- said
S he.
"Willi pillared perrhea galore;
With great bay windows and white.
tiled hall.
And curled birch finish en all Ihe wall.
And wlih polished esken floor."
-And how shall the kllchea be?- sslj
he.
-Pray, bow shall th kitchen he
"We ll plsa a datnly boudoir,- said
lie.
"For me. and a den for you:
Of course, an art and a music room.
A haedsom greenhouse with plants
a-hlootp.
A pretty pergola, tea."
-Hut how shall ihe kitchen be?- said ha.
lh. how shsll th kllchea be?
"We ll have a lofty lower. said she,
"An. an observation dome;
A bath with th newest kinks and
oulrks.
A library with Ih finest works.
For our lovely niod:a bom.-
But bow shall Ih kitchen he ssll be.
-Say. how shsll th kitchen be""
-Yen make ef my life a car.- ald ah
-WHh wsll of your woeful f rel ;
We'd da quit wall with a chafing dlah.
Hut If more bountiful meal you wish,
"We'll plaa for a kitchenette
-A plsln little kitchenette- said she;
"A cheap little kitchenette "
Upplacoit a.
t.aaedk re, fly.
Caet off the esrth. and de It res," says
science to the flv.
"Tea pestilential nuisance, it la tlm
for sou to die."
Th fly has tiled no answer el. but
Unset with tie still.
And wlih ih e-or.nden.e of 4. pre
sents It little bill.
Persist, n s h.s tiUl. and h marked
by sfeegih of will.
Tt- f'y has atwav been a ret.
Thai loved to . al the heirless dam;
At every feast, tinwelrome guest.
W Ith astp aa aa especial surat,
la bvticr. ajune at barn.
tl love ia spell a rap at nam.
To hov er o ar Ihe sleeper e bed.
Ard bust and burs la ribald rein-
Tilt drowsy wish themselves uc bora.
ut eiee mat thry were dead.
I
Tet once w thought Ih! r"y vai fioa,
A scavenger l-.at cleared th air.
tf"roiJe4 by a plan beh'.gn.
Ta kasp our bc-alth from a declln.
vae B-eoie la repair.
It good reput I vanished eow.
W rait Ihe fy by proper Inrta,
And know ihst clear Item s'eia le
prow
A laden pathologic cew.
It choc k-e-bicsr a w ua germs.
There s fever lodged Main Its tee,
tirira rheum are shaken from its
winss
And all Its bussing sounds are the
Mad t-y a demon that well knows
TI-- w It g'.sd It borr-
s
W sou cm le check Ihs f-y by screes.
W' p. seed for It a poison plat.
Itui none the lea, wlih yujful anlsa.
Tl t.f Mted ti-ott the art re.
Hal pvcr, tsrvrr ale.
The sticky paper It abjured.
ri ssflr footing wisely bent.
Kernel kln : "I am net Insured.
Nor jet to m-jl si Invred."
ho gaily oa II went.
-lest off th eatth. and do ll now." a
science to it fly;
W Ilk to hear It talk that way. ror
mabe by and b.
The fly wi: take Ih hint and 14 lo
trouble us re more:
But seen then we fear "twin light on
dlslant ruvettc s!ere.
And salt for ua and welrom vis. with
bill nd bvu ef yore
Htnry James la 11.1. aieip Ma Letv