Lincoln County leader., March 20, 1908, Image 2

LINCOLN COUNTY LEADER
RCCOUINS, fdiWM
r N HAYDEN, Mwi
TOLEDO..
.OREGON
The loss of a debate never worries
school like the lo6g of a football
came.
The man wbo committed suicide with
a safety pin must have been a molly
coddle. . .
Owing to the stringency compara
tively few people have recently had
appendicitis.
According to Pedestrian Weston,
walking Is good for everything, with
the possible exception of sore feet
It appear that Hall Calne Is a clair
voyant If Marie Corelll has ever bad
ny faith In clalrvoyancy she will lose
It now.
A lot of us can remember that when
we went to school It was not consid
ered necessary to teach the art of love-waking.
By going a step farther and prohib
iting the tobacco traffic within its bor
ders Kentucky might put a stop to all
this trouble.
When a father Is proud of his child
hwraw It cries unusually loud for
one of its age, It's a sign that he hates
his neighbors.
The man who hesitates is lost, but
In the matter of paying that fine the
Standard Oil company hesitates and Is
that much In.
It will be observed that the conven
tional murderer, when going to his exe
cution, always "walks with a firm step
to the gallows."
"Listen to your wife,", says the gov
ernor of North Carolina. Evidently
this Is intended for the men who cool
ly turn over and go to sleep before the
'ecture Is half finished.
Nearly 00,000 people were killed by
accident during the past year. Less
than half of them were hunters, foot
ball players, Fourth of July celebra
ors and victims of boat rockers.
A farmer who had saved up consld-1
erable money, on learning that he was
about to die, got all his cash together
and burned it Perhaps he wished to
promote a fellow feeling among his
tjelra,
Owen Wister took occasion the oth
er day to say in a speech at Harvard
that there was no advanced scholar
ships In this country. However that
may be, we are advancing. Hardly
anybody now refers to It as "the la
Vlppe."
The treasurer of a Canadian rail
road has confessed that he has been
teallng from the company for eighteen
years, having in that time taken $180,
000. It will be difficult for some of
our American grafters to understand
how s anyone could - possibly exercise
such patience. ',. .
Busts of Frederick the Great and
Field Marshal .Count Von Moltke hove
been set up In the West Point Military
Academy. They wore given to the acad
emy by Emperor William as a token of
his interest In the American army, and
will take their place along with th
busts of the great American soldiers
that already adorn the buildings of the
academy.
When the motor car made Its first
appearance In this country now more
than ten years ago, Its possibilities In
the hands of criminals were a favorite
uhjoct with the writers of romance
and novels that dealt in crime. Kecent
events are illustrating the fact that fic
tion has here only anticipated history.
The motor car Is now to an Increasing
extent employed by the skilled burglar,
to whom it offers unrivaled facilities
for gaining the house which he has
marked down for attack, and escaping
rlth bis booty after the "crack."
Six years ago the Rockefeller Insti
tute for Medical Research was founded
by John D. Rockefeller, whoso little
grandson had just died. . The gift of
two hundred thousand dollars, the do
nor said, was to establish an Institu
tion the work of which might save tho
lives of other little grandsons. A year
later the fund was Increased by tho
gift of one million dollars, and now two
million six hundred thousand more
have been added to It This will ln
ure the permanent maintenance In
America of an institute wholly devoted
to the study of diseases and how to
cure then; and It is almost certain to
become one of the great benefactors of
humanity.
The tributes that are paid to Lord
Kelvin prove, if proof were wanting,
that the world Is keenly alive to the
Talue of such services as hla to man
kind, and that it distinguishes pretty
clearly In Its estimates of success of
one sort and another. It applauds the
student and the investigator, the man
of superior intellectual power and in
dustry who was incessantly seeking
knowledge and truth. It Is deeply Im
pressed by that rare 'union of quali
ties through which this man was able
to apply bis knowledge for the benefit
of humanity everywhere The great
scientist's career appeals with equal
force to all nations, and it is an In
spiration to young men who would fol
low In his footsteps even if they can
not hope to attain to bis rank and hla
world-wide fame. For be found his re
ward In the first place in the very na
ture of his work, which was to be priz
ed for its own Bake and the keen inter
est that it aroused from day to day.
If there could be any such thing as an
assurance of happiness It would be
found In such a life.
'BATTLE ROYAL IN THE
Governor Hbch told the educators ot
Kansas a few blunt truths the other
evening that startled them. The Kan
sas executive is of the opinion that the
children of to-day are being "taught
to death," and he pleads for simpler
courses In the elementary grades and
such a variety of training as will tend
to build strong and bealthy bodies In
which to house equally strong and
healthy minds. "It Is high time we
made our educational system three
fold," he said, "and there should be
equal parts. They are mental, spirit
ual and physical. All fra nt'i.
Auy other system of education Is lop
sided." The charge has been made that
modern education Is theoretical, some
times visionary and often Impractical.
The object of education In too many
public schools appears to be to cram
little heads with' text book information
to the very limit of mental saturation.
Of making of textbooks there is no end
and each year sees whole cartloads of
them dumped Into schools to add to
the burdens already too heavy for the
average child. In the profession so
honorably represented by the members
of the Kansas State Teachers' Associa
tion there are many enthusiasts who
are constantly devising new methods,
writing new books and offering Innova
tions, always with the idea of crowding
more upon the children. The pupils
are dumped into the public school hop
pers at a tender age, and In the course
of some eight years they are dumped
out; again with book learning fairly
oozing through the sutures of their
skulls. Happily there is a tendency to
extend the principle of selection and
election toward tho lower grades so
that pupils may be given the benefit of
a generous arrangement of the sub
jects In the curriculum to suit Indi
vidual needs. Governor Hoch Is con
verted to the theory of giving athletics
a place of prominence in the training
of school children. . This heresy is
enough to make his hard-headed old
Dutch ancest6rs turn In their graves.
When the governor himself went to
school he found plenty of exercise In
the work made necessary by the cir
cumstances in which he lived. But
this very fact may Impress him with
the importance of . strengthening - the
bodies of the more luxuriously reared
children of the present day. At any
rate, physical training Is now pretty
generally recognized as ranking In im
portance with mental and spiritual de
velopment, and this fact will tend to
discontinue the practice of teaching
children "to death," to employ the ex
pressive formula of the Kansas gov
ernor. The suggestion Is a timely one
and should be pondered very earnestly
by the army of educators In Kansas
and elsewhere. '
Professional Standing-. "
A professor of English literature In
one of our universities once brought to
me to publish in this magazine a learn
ed piece of writing. It seemed to mo
a pretty dull thing and not important,
according to my Judgment, to anybody
and not . possibly interesting to more
than a mere handful of special stu
dents. I told him this as politely as I
could." He soon came to me again and
smiling took me Into his confidence.
"I hardly expected," he said, "that you
would publish that 'study' that I offer
ed you in fact, I care little about
It myself. I wrote It because my pro
fessional standing demands that I shall
produce something at certain Intervals,
but now I have a piece of writing that
I do take great pride In, and I want,
you to publish It without betraying the
authorship to any living being. It
would hurt my professional standing
If It became known that I wrote this."
It was a novel ! Walter H. Page, In
Atlantic.
Republican National Gathering
Alone Will Determine Who
Candidate Is to Be.
GREAT 1808 CAMPAIGN NOW ON,
tn the Democratic Field, Washing
ton Political Observers Think '
Bryan Is a Certainty.
Washington eorreapondence : .
fHIS city will be
the center of the
great political
campaign which
will rage from
California . t o
Maine until the
ballots of next
November deter
mine the people's
choice for Presi
dent. From now
on until the suc
cessor of Mr.
ltooHeveU is cho
sen there will not
be an instant's in
termission in the
din of political battle.
Secretary Taft stands sharply in the
limelight and his friends are redoub
ling their efforts lu his behalf. The
fact that he is the candidate of the ad
ministration Is sure to have the effect
of keeping Washington on the Jump to
watch every move. Senators Foraker
nd Knox and Secretary Cortelyou, also
located in Washington, will help to
keep the political pot furiously boiling
in the capital. New York will get the
height of its excitement from the fact
that Gov. Hughes seems destined to be
a factor of no small moment in the line
up of the contestants in Chicago. Vice
President Fairbanks and Sneaker Can
non, presiding rfflcers respectively of
the Senate and House, must inevitably
keep these bodies embroiled in the
stress growing out of their candidacy,
and their home States of Indiana and
Illinois are likely to feel the heat
Between these men, Taft, Knox,
Hughes, Foraker, Fairbanks and Can
non, the convention at Chleaeo la re
garded an open chance. All are pow
erfully backed, all will push their cam-
v PRESIDENTIAL CAM
PAIGNS SINCE 1856.
Good Thing- to Cut Out
and Save for Reference.
There have been thirteen campaigns by
the Republican and Democratic parties.
Itepablloaa Candidate.
185 Fremont and Dayton.
18G0 Lincoln and Hamlin.
1864 Lincoln and Johnson.
1868-k3rant and Colfax.
1872 Grant and Wilson.
1870 Hayes and Wheelee.
1880 Garfield and Arthur.
- 1884 Blaine and Logan.
1888 Harrison and Morton.
1892 Harrison and Held.
1890 McKinley and Hobart.
1000 McKInley and Roosevelt
1904 Roosevelt and Fairbanks.
Democratic) Candidate.
1850 Buchanan and Breckinridge. .
1800 Douglas and Johnson.
1804 McClellan and Pendleton.
1808 Seymour and Blair. ,
1872 Greeley and Brown.
1870 Tilden and Hendricks.
1880 Hancock and English. -
1884 Cleveland and Hendricks.
1888 Cleveland and Thurman.
1892 Cleveland and Stevenson.
1890 Bryan and Sewall.
10(X) Bryan and Stevenson.
1904 Parker" and Davis.
By the northern Democrats and Breck
inridge and Lane by the southern Dem
ocrats. Electoral Vote.
The number 'of electoral votes received
by the two parties in these contests and
the pluralities are shown here:
Rep. . Dem. Pin.
1856 ,.114 - 174 60 D
1800 180 72 108 R
1804 212 21 191 R
1868 214 . 80 134 R
1872.. 280 63 223 R
1876 ;.185 184 1 R
1880 214 155 69 R"
1884 182 219 87 D
1888 233 168 63 R
1892 271 176 132 D
1890 271 176 95 R
1900 292 155 137 R
1004 830 140 196 R
The electoral vote of the Breckin
ridge-Lane ticket of the southern Demo
crats; the Douglas-Johnson ticket of the
northern Democrats received 12.
The Democratic fight is a little dif
ferent There is no-mixed field with
the hopes even. - It Is everybody
against Bryan. In opposition to the
Nebraskan will be welded all the forces
that contend that bis two defeats for
the place eliminate him, but though
Judge Gray, Gov. Johnson of Minneso
ta, Chanler of New York, and Hoke
Smith have been tentatively mentioned,
there Is no evidence of any boom pow-
. PHEW! IT'S GETTING HOT.
An Invincible Intruder.
'There are lots of things worth hav
ing besides money."
"Yes," answered Miss Cayenne, "but
It's bard to get most of them unless
you have the money first" Washing
ton Star.
Laugh and the world laughs with
you-Mf you are not laughing at the
world.
God created man first, then woman
and second thoughts are best
'paigns with that energy for which the
I American politician Is famous. , For
them will be expended limitless elo
quence, and in their Interest tho quiet
( work, which appears little" on the sur
face, but which means so much in the
final result, will keep forces of trained
viwa busy from now on until the nomi
nation is made.
For the first time in twenty years
.the Republican convention will see a
I real battle. The gathering that nomi
nated Benjamin Harrison in 1888 was
an open fight much similar to the one
that promises for this year. In 1892 the
renomlnatlon of Harrison was a fore
gone conclusion ; In 1890 the movement
against" free silver had fixed on McKIn
ley in advance of the convention as the
man to lead the fight ; and in 1900 not
a shadow of opposition developed
against his renomlnatlon. Similarly
Koosevelt outranked In popularity every
lame suggested for the Republican nom
ination. But this year the quadrennial
upheaval will be made still inor chaotic
by the sharpness of .the Republican battle.
erful enough to prevail against the
magnetic Nebraskan's undoubted
strength In his party. . . .
Six months of contention must take
place before the two parties place their
standard bearers In the field, the Re
publicans at Chicago, the Democrats
at Denver. Meantime the nation's
business will be swayed and moved by
every new boom, by every straw, by
every Indication. Capital, sensitive
above all things of which man has
knowledge, will rejoice or tremble as
this man or that seems to gain the
ascendancy, and gigantic projects win
hang fire pending the nominations.
And when the men are In the field,
farfrom helping the situation,' a new
and even worse upheaval will take
place. Frenzied stump speakers will
tramp up and down the country, paint
ing In horrible phrase the terrific ex
periences that confront the nation In
the doleful event of the success of the
opposition party. Platforms will be
torn to pieces in this delirium of ex
hortation men's lives, aims and char
acters riddled ; the constitution of the
country will be both Invoked and con
demned ; the giants of business will on
the one band be extolled, on the other
savagely condemned.
The campaign will last four months,
and in that time both parties will call
on the biggest guns they have ; the star
speakers will be drafted to present the
opposing arguments. As a forensic
struggle the fight Is bound to be more
than ordinarily Interesting. Each side
has orators of the first rank, veterans
who understand the art of stirring au
diences. , .
Leading the Republicans may. be -Roosevelt
himself. For him to speak
in a campaign while holding the office -of
President would be In violation of
precedent of course, but the chief apos
tle of the strenuous life has never -bothered
much about slavish deference
to custom, and as his policies are like
ly to be under fire throughout the cam
paign: it Is entirely possible that he -may
be wrought up to one of his char
acteristically blunt speeches.
For Democracy Bryan is bound to be -the
big figure, whether he Is the can
didate or not. No man matches him
In the popular kind of eloquence, amlv
his fine voice, handsome face and mag- ,
netlc bearing give him a phenomenal
power to'sway audiences. If Bryan la -.
the nominee it is probable that the -country
will be stirred by another -speechmo'klng
tour similar to the mem
orable one of 1800.
Andafter the turmoil has subsided,
and business, collecting Its scattered
wits, gets together at the beginning of '
1909 to try to make up the ground lost
In a wasted year there will be new ad
vocates for a bill Introduced Into Con- -gress
recently by the venerable Sena
tor Cullom of Illinois, which provides;
for an amendment to the constitution
making the term of the President six
years, limiting each Incumbent to one
term, and thus decreasing 50 per cent
the recurrence of the year of politics.
INDUSTRIES ABE REVIVING.
Workers of All Kinds Are Reported,
in Great Demand.
Business .throughout the United
States, both commercial and Indus-,
trial, Is reviving, according to Ter
ence V. Powderly, chief of the divi
sion of Information, bureau of lmmi-
IrrsHnn Tim lnni.(l.
was created by Congress as an agency
to divert immigration from the larger -cities,
and find places for the unem
ployed alien. The functions of .the-
dlvlslon have been enlarged, inasmuch
as Chief Powderly la endeavoring to
provide work for Americans as well
as aliens.
From July 1 last until early in Oc
tober 200,000 requests were made upon
Chief Powderly to supply various
forms of labor for factory, railroad.
farm and Industrial enterprises of all
descriptions. About the middle of,
uctober, when the financial disturb
ances became acute, many of these-
applications were canceled, corre
spondents stating that Instead of need
ing labor they were putting- off men..
and that everything pointed to a pro
longed period of depression.
Recently there has been a renewal
of the demand for labor. Chief Pow
derly says that this demand - cornea
rrora every section of the country ?
that It calls for mechanics, mill oper
atives, factory hands, railroad bulllers..
ana rarm laborers. From the agricul
tural States have come notice that in
the spring hundreds of thousands of
farm hands will be needed, and that
every effort should be made by the gov
ernment at this time to see to it that
an adequate supply of labor is provided'
in tne regions where It will be urgently
requirea.
"An Investigation has develonert."'
said Mr. Powderly, "that while the
unusually large exodus of foreigners
during the Dast few
"- " TVMW 1UG W
rect result of disturbed financial con
ditions, It was not due to the oloslng
of mills or factories. or cessation In the
progress of public works. The great
majority of those who returned to Eu
rope were not turned out of emnlnv-
ment They were alarmed by the out-
iook ana aeciaea to go back. The tide
will begin to turn early In the spring,
and I have no doubt that the increas
ing demand for labor that our reports
inaicate is at hand will be fnii nut
by the supply in this countrv amnliflorf-
hv nn onlnrcorl lmmlvwninH
TOLD IN A FEW LINES.
In an attemDt tn rnh i nui.
National bank at Long View, Texas, Alex.
Walker, a negro, was shot by Sheriff Lit
tle and probably fatally wounded.
The new whitehead tornedn win.vi . -
speed of thirty-one and thirty-two knot
in tests on Newport, 11. I., of a consign
ment recently purchased abroad.
Bright sunshine and nmnwr
called a summertime" crowd to Coney Isl
and, N. Y., the other day. It is estimated!
that 20,000 people went to the Island.
Rlotlna followed the
Mid-Devonshire, England, that an clec-
tion to fill a vacancy In the House of
Commons had been won by the Conservatives.
Frank Pixlev. the Chlcmm nl,in,i.tk, '
Is auoted as savins in Lo a nPAlitfl flat
that King Carlos of Portugal recently
conierreu on mm me aecorations of the
uraer or unnstus ana also the Order of
Vasco de Gama in annranlnflnn ki.
r u. ii i a en
Joyment of "The Prince of Pilsen." Mr.
rixiey oispiayea tn jewels of ths orders.