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The understanding Is the;
vestibule of the mind! Un
cover thy head, and enter the -
f temple of the soul. Behold
the power, the beauty, and
the lore. , If we had nothing
but understanding how little ,
should we know or think or
feel. Horatio Stebblns.
m. CAKE DECLINES TO SPEAK.
. . FTER HAVING sent a re-ro
il gentatlTe of ?he Journal to
AV ask Mr. H. M. Cake the ques
tlon printed below, and receiv
ing the reply that he would not dis
cuss politics at all tor publication at
'present. The Journal sent' him the
following written letter;
"In view of the current discussion
In the dally papers. The Jour-
. nal desires to ask you this question:
In case the official count shows that
George E. Chamberlain received the
highest number of the people's votes
for United States senator , in last
Monday's election, do you consider It
the duty of those legislators who
: subscribed to Statement No. 1 to
vote for him for that office when
the senatorial election takes place
next January? The courtesy of an
Immediate reply will be greatly ap
preciated." - - - . .
To this request Mr. Cake made no
reply, except verbally to repeat what
he had Bald before, tnai ne was not
now talking politics.
The . reason for asking Mr. Cake
this question, and why It Is of In
- terest to the public, Is obvious. He
has just been a candidate for Uni
ted States . senator, obtaining bis
nomination through his adherence
to and advocacy of Statement No
1, and after? the primaries, still pro-
," f easing " to take the same attitude.
Now that the campaign Is over and
the people have spoken, Mr. Cake
has an opportunity to prove, or at
least to give evidence, that he was
and Is sincerely a Statement No,
man. as he nrofessed to be. This
opportunity The Journal has offered
or suggested to him by this query.
The Journal is interested in a reply
for It argued through the campaign
that Mr. Cake's attitude . on this
question underwent a transformation
Immediately after the primaries and
whiles as a prlvata citizen Mr. Cake
Is not obliged to answer this ques
tlon, his refusal to do so. If persisted
In, will certainly strengthen public
opinion In the view that The Jour
nal was right, and will justify the
entertainment of a doubt, to say the
least, of his sincerity in professing
adherence to Statement No. X during
the campaign. , '
- Statement No. 1 Is to be tested In
the legislature next winter,: and, its
sincere friends will not fail to come
to Its defence now, when it Is being
assailed and flouted by some poli
ticians and party organs. Mr. Cake
for some weeks posed as the Repub
lican leader of the Statement .No,
forces In the state; his supporters
hailed him as euch; now that the
people have decided, and the prin
ciple Is to be put to the test, it is
pertinent and proper for. Mr. Cake to
declare. If such1' be the case, that he
still stands squarely and valiantly
for it. But If on request he de
clines to do this, may not the publI6
conclude that he assumed this 'at
titude only to secure the nomination?
. COOfSELMXG DISHONOll.
f T IS amazing that there should
I , be brought forward a proposl-
iion ior statement No. I mem-
bers of the legislature to violate
their pledges with reference to the
election of senator. What ls'.the
moral standard of men who advise
euch a course? What Is . a pledge
worm, ana wnat is the covenanted
word of men, if such advice la to
prevail? . '
"I further state to th vntam f
the state, and. to the voters of my
legislative district," runs the pledge
in Statement No. 1, "that I will sup
port for United States senator that
candidate receiving the highest num
ber of votes without re
gard to my individual preference'"
A more solemn covenant cannot be
entered Into between , men. With
uplifted hand, the candidate faces
the voters of his state, stands be-
r ftl . . h A W, ... . 1.
u vwi 9' are xo w say
w hether or not he is to be. elected,
and covenants with them, singly and,
all together to "letthem name the
man who shall be Benator, and that,
guided by their instructions, he will
vote , for that man In the legisla
ture. This covenant it not only ut
terrd in public," but is signed, de
livered and filed in the 'public ar
chives, and made a part of the writ
ten apreeuient 'between candidate
and tow. It is not a pledge made
to tme man, but to all men in the
state. ; It Is not a mere promise, but
a .written covenant, sacredly and sol
emnly entered into. It is not a mere
private and personal understanding,
but the plighted faith; officially pro
claimed and. publicly avowed. It
Is as strong a tie as can be used In
binding men, because it bears the
stamp and seal of a public act ; It
is a solemn contract,' because It Is
a condition precedent to the candl
date's election. ; ,"-'.
Honor and integrity are more sac
red to most men than mere money
The obtaining of money under false
pretenses, is a penitentiary offence.
forbidden by statutes, and con
demned by society. If the hapless
creature who obtains money under
false pretenses shall be sent to pris
on, what, should be the portion of
that man who would by false pre
tense 'obtain an election and. delib
erately cheat the public? As an ex
ample of broken integrity, which act
were the more reprehensible and
condemnible- the poor devil
swindles , another Individual
of a few paltry dollars, or
who
out
the
sae-
public pretender who would
rlfice hlB Integrity and violate his
covenant and cheat a. whole, etate
and all Its people, not out of a few
dollars, but out of their rights
and their, pronounced will. . , " .
What of ttfe men who advise this
demoralization of manhood, this ex
ample of public .treachery before
present and coming citizens? What
of the personal Integrity of the man
who Insists that such a course should
be followed? If there is honor in
life, If there Is Integrity In men, If
there is such a thing as that which
we call virtue. Is not such counsel
hot only corruptive and destructive,
but damnable? i ' .
The Statement. No. 1 members of
the legislature are Men, They are
not knaves, and will not suffer
themselves to be debauched.
There Is still virtue In Israel. It
will be found that, when the time
comes, every one of them Is loyal
to';ito"veaimf'avn'J' thaf '"Mr the'
blandishments, sophistries and ca
Jojery of those who would ruin him
will never prevail.
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STRIKING AT THE SENATE.
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T IS TO BE noticed that the in
dependent Republican vote in this
state last Monday directed most
of its force toward the United
States senatorship, both by voting
directly for Chamberlain and, in
some cases, for Statement No. 1 Dem
ocratic candidates for the legisla
ture. True, Chamberlain has twice
carried Oregon, by means of many
Republican votes, for governor, but
the senatorship ; being considered
more of a political office, having to
do with national politics, it was quite
generally surmised that many Re
publicans who voted for him for
governor would not do so for sens
tor, yet they or about as many others
did so." These Republicans did not
yote against Hawley, or Ellis, and
most of them otherwise voted the
Republican ticket. There was noth
ing personal against Mr. Cake, and
Chamberlain's personal popularity
and good record did not account for
all 'these votes. , -;
What many of these voters were
hitting at was the method of elect
Ing senators heretofore, and the re
sults too often observed. They re
slated the manifest design of some
politicians to return to the old meth
od, and they recorded their desire
for the election of a different class
of men to the senate from many
sent to that body. The people as a
rule don't like or trust the senate
and Oregon Is pioneering the way to
effect a change In the character of
that body. The voters of OregQn
know Chamberlain, and care more to
get that kind of man there than
they do about his politics. And it
will be strange if this sentiment does
not spread throughout the country.
It is an absurdity for the people of
any state to go on from decade to
decade, and from generation to gen
eration; represented in the senate by
men like Piatt, Aldrich, Crane, Elk
1ns, Flint, and others like them. It
Is a manifest miscarriage of the rep
resentative theory that millions of
people should thus be represented
by tools of trusts and corporations
and special Interests. The voters of
Oregon t were not sure about Mr.
Cake, as 'they were about Chamber
lain; hence the votes of these Re-
publicans went to the very root of
the trouble the non-repreBentative
character of the senate.
The house , of representatives
seems on some occasions to be about
as much in ' need - of reformation
along this line as the senate, and we
expect that; before many years this
independent voting will extend to
epresentatives too; but as yet it is
the senate that the people want to
mash. Chamberlain will be no ex
tremist, and no demagogue or blath
erskite, but he can be depended upon
never to align himself with those
senators who in reality, represent,
not the people at large, but only
the favored few.
DOES PROHIBITION PROHIBIT?
Hi
Ri C. R ANN, secretary of
the Distillers'- .Security , cor?
poratlon, ( a $ 5 8 ,0 0 0,0 0 0 ag
gregation). -the largest deal
er in distilled liquor in the United
States, says In the Wall Street Jour
nal: . "The general trade conditions
are quite satisfactory. The prohibi
tion movement has very little ef
fect upon the consumption of liquors.
It has been the experience of places
nominally nnder prohibition to Con
sume larger quantities than under
the opposite conditions. It Is a fact
that more liquor Is going Into the
state of Georgia today than was the
case when prohibition laws were not
in effect. If prohibition prohibited.
the result might be serious."
' Now this Is very interesting and
even Important, If true. Mr. Ran n
is In a position to know whereof he
epeaks, and it Is perhaps Impossible
to, contradict him; yet bis state
ment, seems incredible. If true it
shows a wholesale violation of law
that should not be permitted to go
on. What the people who vote for
prohibition want is prohibition that
prohibits. 1
DISCRIMINATING VOTERS.
B'
ESIDES GIVING a majority for
Chamberlain ; for senator and
Ellis for representative. Baker
county elected Democrats for
district attorney, sheriff, county clerk,
school superintendent and coroner.
The Republican candidates elected
were for representative, treasurer.
assessor, surveyor and commissioner.
Thus the offices were pretty, evenly
divided between the two parties, the
results showing that a large propor
tion of the voters of that county are
pretty much independent of party
lines, and Instead of. voting straight
tickets they vote for the better men,
or those who suit them best. While
the county on national politics is
safely Republican by a considerable
majority, or has been eo in recent
years, In local affairs the voters pay
no attention to national politics,' and
even In the case of a United States
senatorship are not tied up to party,
under such circumstances as , the
present. "
It seems to The Journal that this
is an excellent condition of political
affairs for any county or community
to be in. It shows a very high de
gree of political intelligence and
commendable independence. While
there may be exceptions to the rule,
it Is no doubt the case that with
voters thus discriminating, crossing.
over party lines and picking and
choosing, they will get better of
ficials. Such a lot of voters cannot
be long ridden by any machine,' nor
made the victims of bad official
It Is generally conceded, in the
abstract, that it is not well for a
state to be very greatly One-sided
politically, since on the whole there
seems to be about as much merit
and promise of good performance in
one party as In the other. But even
it a very large majority approve of
Taft rather than Bryan, for In
stance, for. president, that 1b no rea
son for not electing men of Bryan's
party, if they seem to be, aside from
politics, the preferable men,1 as
sheriff, commissioner, county Judge,
and other county offices. The "vote-er-straight"
policy has been pro
ductive of much evil.
It would not be quite fair to any
Statement No. 1 member-elect of the
next legislature who does not now
declare himself to suspect him of
sinister and ulterior designs, yet
since some people will think so, it
would be well for all such members
to come out at once and say that
they will keep their pledge and vote
for the people's choice for senator.
, The Republican national commit
tee Is in session in Chicago settling
contests, but as the committee Is tor
Taft no anti-Taft delegates need ap
ply. The combine of favorite sons
constituting "the field" might " as
well go away back and sit down, and
keep mum. It is to bea.Taft con
vention. If you doubt It ask Teddy
Roosevelt
The Seattle Times seems to be
doing all in Its power to keep Port
land people from visiting the A-Y-P
exposition next year. It mages a
specialty continually of running
down and slandering Portland. But
then the Times Is not Seattle.
The Rose Festival has been as
good as could have been, expected
under somewhat adverse climatic
circumstances, and a success. But
next year's will doubtless be much
better.
It is really too much to expect sa
loon men In newly dry counties to
be cheerful -unless tney think they
can do well by establishing drug
stores.
Yes, Chamberlain Is probably, for
Bryan for president, but then Just
consider that Bryan and Roosevelt
are politically a good deal alike.'
Rip Van Winkle. .
Kills O. Jones, in Success Magailne.
Rip Van Winkle returned from his
long sleep looking fresh as a daisy and
made his - way to the village barber
shop, not only because he needed a hair-,
cut and shave, but., also because he
wished to catch up on the news.
"Let's see." said he to the barber
after he was safely tucked In the chair,
jv been asleep twenty years, haven't
"Yep," replied-the tonsorlalist.
"Have I missed much?"
"Nope, we bin standln' pat."
"Has congress done anything yet?"
"Not a thing! . . '
; "Jerome done anything?"
"None." t '
"Piatt resigned V
: "Nope."
, "Panama canal built?" -;
"Nope." v
"Bryan been elected? .
' "Nope." '
"Carnegie poor?" ,, t
"None.
"Well, say," said Rip, rising up in the
chair,' "never mind shaving- the other
side of my face. - I'm arninar haoir- t
si eep again. . ,
The Doubting Copper.
" From Tit-Bits. '
Macrlstrste attrnlv niftn't r Ml
the last time you were hero r
wnnieu yuu n come neiore me again?
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State Press Comment on
tnc Election:
i From th Euff&ns Register. ' .
The most rldiculoua part of th whoU
political Imbroglio, however, ,wa th
fact that the university was compelled
to depend upon counties other than
LAtio ior support on the appropriation
measure. We gave but a. stingy 1,600
majority out or a total voting- atrenirth
ui over o.uui;. . m tms connection Mult
nomah county heroically came forward
with generous support, which saved the
measure) rrom total disgrace, if not ob
uviun. i
Too Bad.
x From The Dalles Optimist.
And now 'The Optimist again says,
as it has frequently said, before, -that
the direct primaries law la a delusion,
a snare and a fraud. so far as it re
lates to state and national officials).
and should be repealed, and in the fu
ture une upumist tm woxk in season
and out of season against this law
which has cheated, defrauded and annl
hllated our party.
Should Be Elected.
From the Pendleton East Oregonlafi
The next legislature i will be close
on Statement No. 1, but the East Ore-
aonlan has sufficient faith In the In
fegrlty of the men who have taken
this Dlede-e to believe that although
but one vote would be needed to kep
Oregon In the Republican rank, that
one vota could not be secured by the
broken nledire of a Statement No. 1
member. If Governor Chamberlain has
secured the popular vote he should be
elected United States senator on the
first ballot. While the East Oregonian
has made a hard fight for Mr, cake and
fu 11 v consents to the will of the "BeopioJ
and snait urge me election 01 uovernor
Chamberlain by the legislature If be
has rctved the popular vote.
Dtecossing the Hereafter.
From the Pendleton Bast Oregonlanx
Hereafter, If these Republicans who
deserted the party candidate yester
day come up for Republican support.
If they should have a candidate In the
Held, can they hope or expect to re
ceive tue undivided support of the
party T Have they not set a pace
which will simply kill the Republican
party in the state T
The contest before the primaries was
simply a friendly contest between Re
publicans. It was clean, dignified and
straightforward and no Republican who
Is a Republican at heart bad a right
or cause to be disgruntled. If he de
serted the Republican candidate ana
went Over to the Democratic ranks
through spite work, what must he ex
pect from his party hereafter?
Governor Chamberlain's Election.
From the Albany Democrat.
The election of Governor Chamber
lain over H. M. Cake is one of the most
remarkable political victories in the his-
tory of the United States. It has had
few parallels. Governor Chamberlain
la a remarkable man and this empha
sizes the fact No other man in Oregon
could obtain such a result. He stands
out alone in his political Individuality.
will he be eiectea unitea estates sen
ator? By all means he will be. The
fieople have spoken. An Oregon legta
ature does not dare go back on the will
of the people. It is not known yet
whether enough Statement No. l men
have been elected to Insure his election
from that fact alone or not, but the
Democra t - make the pred ic tlon that
even if not ouite enough the legislature
will elect him. This is necessary for
the establishment of the principle of
election of a United States senator by
the people, which so many nave been
advocating. '
- The political bosses are thorotihly
down on Statement No. 1, the direct pri
mary and the initiative and referendum
in fact,7 on about everything that gives
the people a big voice in affairs, but
these things are here as an institution
that is to remain, one wnicn wui graa
ually become less cumbersome. As the
champion of these things, which are
attracting attention all over the United
States, Governor Chamberlain promises
to become a prominent ngure nationally,
Chamberlain's Election Will Be
Ratified.
From the Albany Herald.
The Herald was opposed to the elec
tion of Mr. Chamberlain on purely party
linea This paper is a Republican pa
per. It la proud of the Republican
nartv. It will be found in future con
teats upholding and supporting candi
dates of Its party. Governor Chamber
lain's vote may be analyaed and the rea
sons for his election could be easily
noi n tad out one or whicn is tne dis
position on the part of disgruntled poli
ticians who still persist In driving the
political affairs of the state. Already
much Idle talk is being Indulged in
from certain Quarters that the legisla
ture will not ratify the selection of
Senator-elect Chamberlain at Its session
next January. The people of Oregon
need not feel alarmed over sucn a das
tardly attempt to deprive Mr. Chamber.
lain of his very rare good political luck,
His election will be ratified by the
members of the legislature. They dare
not face the storm that will surely break
over the state of oresron rrom tne Co
lumhlii to the Siskiyous. The Herald
beHeves that a bold attempt by certain
designing would-be leaders, having its
inception in the election of Governor
Chamberlain laBt Monday, will be made
to defeat him in the legislature, and
that the scheme will as surely fail.
Governor Chamberlain, while a Demor
era t, was elected Monday by soreheaded
Republicans and a large host of warm
personal friends and the solid vote of
his own party. He has been selected
by the people of Oregon and will serve
the people well m tne unitea states
senate. . Senator Chamberlain, the Her
ald congratulates you upon your infinite
good lucK ana pleasing personality,
An Astoria Opinion.
, From the Astorlan.
Oregon's . Democrat's governor is en
titled to all the credit Inseparable from
his political achievement at the polls
on Monday last, but as a victory full.
final and . sure. It Is barren. His re.
nance upon the statement No, I phalanx
is wnere nis assurance will go to pieces.
He should be shrewd enouorh to knnw
that the Republicans, as such, in this
state, will make no more ado ahout
casting that pledge overboard than they
jmve ai&ue in any ot mo uniowara ana
disconcerting things that have wreckud
and maligned the party, and left it a
py-wora or reproacn at home and abroad.
And then again he Is going up against
the Portland -oroirram. He mav not
know of it. Or knowing it may scoff
ii aown as improoaoie ana unwarranted;
but he can make a memorandum of it
and when he is confronted with the bald
fact he can thank us at his leUnm fn.
the prompting. A Portland man of a
certain class ana relation and Influence
Is going to Washington from n,nn
in this behalf: he has been named by
the commercial Interests at the nwrnn.
oils and when that time comes he wnl
e namea ana sent aespite every man
and act of Monday last
We are betraying no confidence when
we say the man's name Is Theodore B.
Wilcox, and all the voting in Oregon
can not keep him from that which Ms
backers have determined upon. It is
dollars to votes, of. course, but that
is or no importance, save in the out
come, and we have plenty of proof as
to the prevailing factor in such an en
gagement... v
' Independent , Republicans. '
From the Woodburn Independent (Rep.).
Republican spellbinders are not sur
prised to learn of a large number of In
dependent Republicans in this state.
Aiiey,jiave not lost mat pride of nation,
WHEN AMEKICA IS GROWN
Third" Article
BY FREDERIC J. ELISION. . '
(Copyright, 1808, by Frederick. Hasktn.)
When the United States reaches the full measure of its erowth " na;
- !
won k ww oepena ior its lire upon the farm and the farmer. The farm Is
the great laboratory where sun,' rain, soll seed and labor are compounded In
the proper proportions to make the food which is necessary n . Ufa and the
raiment which Is necessary to , ,clvUtsatlonii"In the remaining nine decades of
wie century ma larmer will progress
tlve of American life. -The achievements of the American farmer hav already
revolutionized the life of the human
his career. When "Adam delved and
toois ana me tnoas which are still employed by the rreatar number of the
farmers of the world. Artificial irrigation came with EervDtlan. civilization
and artificial fertilization was discovered ages ago. But for 4,000 years the art
vi srjcuiiure, most important or an
Then- came the American farmer. He
owned his own land. his. European fore,
bears were peasant tenants. He owned
as much land as a baron In Europe. He
had to till It all with his own labor
and that of his sons. This -'was the
necessity which was the mother of the
inventions ior umnr-SAvinir . farm ma.
chtnery, The American farm machinery
agent has gone into every country of
the world and has carried revolution
with him. To ih triumphs In this
neia tne American farmer Is adding the
victories of science over ignorance. His
future is big with sroaress.
The United States hu a. total ant nf
bdoui two oiuion acres, if one billion
pa set aside for Cities, towns, mines,
faotories and other non-farmlno- land.
there will remain a balance of 850,000,-
vuu acres, xnis is almost three times
as mucn land .s the farmer of today
uses in arrowine the foodstuffs for tha
Lpeople of the United States and many
fbf those of Europe. - By extension of
present methods of farmina- to all this
available acreage the United States in
the year 2000 will be able to grow all
the foodstuff necessary for Its 886,000,
000 people; But the present spirit of
progress is not content with merely ex
tending present methods to a greater
acreage. The American farmer is de
termined to make "two blades of a-rasa
grow where one grew before." to make
one blade of grass grow where none
grows now.
Wlzarj of Boll.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson and
that wizard of the soil, Luther Bur
bank. agreethaf thprogress made by
the American farmer in the past ' 40
years l as nothlnsr to what will be
done in the years to come. Toward the
end of this century the farmer, will be
tne nest educated man in America, tie
will be a chemist with . knowledge to
enable him to so handle his soils, his
fertilizers and his foodstuffs as to make
tnem yield tne maximum or prom. Ha
will be a botanist with knowledge to
enable him to take advantage of the
laws of heredity to breed disease-resisting
and frost-resisting plants. He
will keep pace with every movement af
tne scientiiic world which can . be
turned to his advantage. He will be
able greatly to increase the quantity
na quality oi nis wneat and corn.
egetables and fruit, cotton and wool.)
witnnut-having to add ajungia acre to
nis neia.
But suDDflse this forward movement
is slower than now seems probable, sup
nose the average farmer of 90 years
nence aoes oniy as wen as tne Deat
farmers of today. Even that would
mean the increase of the present yield
of corn from three billion to seven
billion bushels a year on the present
acreage. The average wheat land in
this country now yields 16 bushels per
acre, yet there are today many farm
ers who are producing 4S bushels an
acre on land that 40 years ago was con
sidered rich when It rave an average
tr--jo Dusnetsi - .
Plant-life Stock.
Leaving aside the wonderful improve
ment in the heredity of the plant-life
stock which Is helping the farmer
every day, the development of the
science of soil chemistry is certain to
aoa to tne power or tne rarmer s arm.
Growing crops need certain chemical
foods Just as much as much beings do.
Our chemical diet is taken as com
pounded into bread and meat The bill
of fare for the plants is more candid
and there must be nltroeen. Potash and
phosphorus. The needs of different
soils and of various plants differ just
as the requirements or animals oirrer.
The advanced farmer of today, aided
and abetted by "Uncle Jimmy" Wilson's
bright young men, Is studying the
needs or his sou ana tne appetite or
his crops.
commercial . leriuizers win supply
the demands of the plants for suitabte
food. The right kind of fertilizer will
be applied and the result will be uni
formly helpful. The cost of fertilizers
will be decreased. The tobacco grower
must needs give his plants potash. To
day the potash comes from German
mines ana costs I cents a pouna. .
A new way has been round to ODtain
a supply from our granite mountains
by the simple process of grinding the
rocks to a powaer to do soia ai in
cents a pound. Granite grown tobacco
is a commercial success in Virginia
fields today, as It was a sclenttHe suo
cess in the department of agriculture
experiment stations two years ago.i
Nltroaen is everywhere present In the
air, but until lately it was necessary to
employ nitrate of soda as a means of
getting It into tne sou ir mere wurai
time to devote a year to growing clover
to be plowed unda
.Tha nitrate came
glOg of the flag through the evil cor-
toraiion ana, privileges cia-s uu aim
he misuse made of the Republican
banner hv the so-called Republican
leaders, who themselves have discarded
loyalty to party for the) sake of heap
ing up the almighty dollars. Is It any
wonder that bo many true Republicans
of Oregon are disgusted -with some of
the erstwhile bosses in jail, indicted by
the United States , grand Jury, or fit
candidates for incarceration on a long
term aantanraT Ta tt anv wonder that
they are disgusted with supposed Refl
publicans in congress utterly lauing ana
unbiushlngiy refusing io carry out me
loucies or tnai starwari cnampion oi
he people. President Theodore Roose
velt? Is It not. honestly, enough to
make, mad those who bite and mftkc
T4riiKHp(ina ronlrlaaa? . T4ara Wa hava A
sesslon of congress recently finished
with nothing of a remedial nature done.
What has been done was for-the fur
ther protection of corporations and dis
tinctly against the interests of the neo-
pie in general. And now these misrep-
resentatives. paving lauea to strengthen
the Republican organization, are ap-
teaiing to tne masses to iictc -ins nana
hat smote them. That is too i much
Christianity in politics for the average
Oregon Republican voter to practice,
nence nia maepenaence. .
Chamberlain's Grip on Oregon. .
From the Spokane Spokesman-Review.
Oregon, which went .for Roosevelt,
nearly four to one. in J904, now 'de
clares to the nation that George E.
Chamberlain, ' Its Democratic governor,
is the choice- of . its .voters for United
States' senator. That is spinning the
political wninigig at a recora cup.
- Governor Chamberlain must have a
firm arrlD on the confidence and : the
affections of the Oregon voters. It was
a surprising achievement when he was
elected governor in a presidential year
In a state which gave Roosevelt very
nearly 48,000 plurality surprising but
not unprecedented, for freauentlv the
voters of a stats win break party lines
on local offices. -But no precedent is
recalled for Governor Chamberlain's
latest victory.' It Is a notable tribute
to- his-personality --thatr-lB-an election
resulting In the choice of a Republican
legislature by ' an overwhelming ma
jority, a straight-out Democrat Ir.the
popular choice .for United States sena
tor, anr oftlce ' upon - which party lines
are almost invariably drawn with rig
idity. Governor Chamberlain
is of a different and better type than
Mitchell or Pennoyer, but. he has the
genial characteristics which made them
popular, i. The Judgment of . an ' over
whelming majority -: of the people of
Oregon is that Chambetlaln has made a
rattling good governor, and that his ad
ministration has bean konest anil hon
orable and admirably free from scandal
and Incompetency. The Teonla-.nf Ore
gon like bis personality, ana they like
more rapidly than anv other renrnnta.
.race, and he la but unnn tha thmshnM of
live span" thev used nmctlcaiw thii amn
arts, was at a standstill.
. from South America nA ntwnitvii
Now the waters of Niagara move the
wheels of the machinery which captures
the nitrogen from 'the air and Im
prisons it in cotton sacks to be sent out
10 xne xarmer who needs it. .
. Increase of livestock.
The SO years are certain to reveal
other great .economics of which the
average farmer I of today does
not dream. There are probably 16,000,
000 horses and mules In this country for
wnico mere win oe -no need in tne good
year 2000. The cheaper and stronger
machine will drive the horse and inula
rrom the nelds. This movement is al
ready betclnnlncr. The millions of anl
mals whose usefulness will have ceased
before 2000 now consume each year the
products of 75,000,000 acres of land. If
devoted to potatoes this land would
yield : three times the ,, present - total
world crop. : Under the most advanoed
of modern conditions these acres could
be made to support 60.000,000 cows
enough to give a quart of milk a day to
every one oi me sso.uuu.uuu people w
wui nave,wnen American is grown
:' By the elimination of the horse and
the utilization of the awamn lands, the
farming acreage of the country can be
doubled without toucb.lngfr.the forests or
other Idle lands of the country. If but
one half of the land be counted as avail
able for farms, B0 years hence there
will be five acres for every two persons
in the country, somethinar more . than
Ave times what the Chinese have now.
There are indications that the demand
upon the farms will change in char
acter. While the Amerloanpeopl are
not likely to become strict vegetarians
within the space of 90 years, they prob
ably will eat much less meat In propor
tion to copulation than they now con
sume. Medical science and economy win
unite to bring about changed conditions
on this line. It has been demonstrated
that for every bit of animal rood eaten
there is a vegetable counterpart. Vege
tarian races have a capacity for endu
rance-which equals,; if it does not sur
pass, that -of the meat eaters. The
economist will urge that the "lost mo
tion" expended inf growing cattle for
rood De conserved.
Cost of living,
We eat porterhouse steaks at 25 cents
a pouna wnen we mignt ouy Deans ai
cents a nound. and there is more nutri
tion in. f ho pound of beans than in th
pound of beef. It requires four years
to grow a single beef steer. Under the
most favorable conditions it requires
the products of six, acres of land for
one summer to make him ready for the
block. When prepared for the table his
flesh will furnish a single meal for
about 1,600 persons. The same six acres
of ground would have grown enougn
beans to feed 48,000 people one meal.
And the bean-eaters would have derived
more strength and nourishment from
their food than the beef eaters.
The mathematical theories of the
economist are never realized In actual
life, and- never will r wit there is no
doubt that the American people In the
coming BO years will learn to save mucn
that now e-oea to waste. The house
wives of the American farm throw
away more cooked food each year than
la consumed by their sisters of Russia
Who has not sat at the board of a
farmer upon which was heaped enough
food for a company of soldiers? Such
wanton waste as that will be stopped.
Science of Cooking.
Another great saving that is coming
will be brought about by better knowl
edge of the science of cooking. The
farmer's wife of the latter and of the
century will prepare ner meaia on an
electrlo range wood Is too valuable to
burn and she will prepare only enough
for the needs of her family. The food
will be better prepared than it is now
adays in the average home, and its
wholesomenees will make ' more of It
available- for the uses of the body. A
little well-cooked food Is better than
much poorly-cooked food. The girls of
the next fln-de-siecle period will be
taurht to cook scientifically, and . they
will be taught how not to waste.
Long before the year 2000 rolls around
tha farmer will have reached a position
of social and economic dignity which
will have stooped the eager race from
the farm to the city which is now the
course of so many tnousanas or young
men. In that day the colleges and. uni
versities will devote more attention to'
training the essential agriculturist than
to turning out the non-essential lawyer.
with a rnnA education, with the world
brought -to his ddoryard through the
agency of electricity, with his command
oil the financial situation through his co
operation with his fellows, the farmer
of the year 2000 will be the foremost!
man in our run-grown repuonc.
his official record to an extent that lias
led them illoglcally to elect a - Repub
lican legislature while expressing a de-
aire wmi n ssna a tnorougn-going uem
ocrat to the United States senate. .
Madame Rejane. ; ,
Gabrielle Reju, the -celebrated French
actress, who is better known to tho pub
lic under her stage name of Madame
Rejane, was born in Paris. Julia a: lS7
She came naturally by her love for the
stage, as many of her family were con-
unci wiin uie ineatre. csne began
her Studies at the Conaervatnlra In tha
class of Regnler, the famous spcletalre
of the Theatre Francais. At the age of
15 she obtained an honorable mention
for comedy at the Conservatoire. She
maae ner proressional debut at the
Vaudeville In 1876. Her success at that
playhouse continued without Interrup
tion until 1882, when she changed to
the Theatre des Varieties, where she
created the role of Adrlenne in "Ma
Camarade." In Sardou's comedy, "Di
voroons,'V she achieved another great
success, and in "M. de Morat" and "De
core," In 1888, she took all Paris by
storm. In 1893 she added to her lau
rels in "Madame Sans Gene," in which
sno aiso appearea in England and Amer
ica. In, her American tour, . in - 1896.
Madame Rejane achieved an enormous
success.
wwii iini i awww.iwt
TRis Date In History. M
1741 General Nathaniel Greene,
American Revolutionary - hero, born.
Died June 19, 1786. ,
1765 Nathan Hale, hero of the Amer
ican Revolution, born. Died September
22, 1776.
1768 John Trumbull, American paint
er, born at Lebanon, Connecticut Died
at New York, November 10, 1843. ' .
J818 Battle of Stony Creek, Canada.
1872 Construction of the St. Gotbard
lunnei inrougn tne Alps Begun. '
1891 Peary sailed from New Tork
on an exploring expedition to Greenland.
1906 Marriage pf . Crown Prince
Frederick William of Germany and
Duchess ; Ceqllla of ' Mecklenburg
Sohwerin. - -
1907 King .Oscar and , Queen Sophia
of Sweden celebrated their golden wed
ding. ..
; A Yoga's Peat. .
From the Berand Magazine:
For 14 years Bava Luchman Dans re
ceived from the priests of the Black-
Caves of central India the necessary ed
ucation in order to become a yoga, as
a yoga must be capable of taking the
ta postures or tne tunaoo laois. v ''
'Perhaps his greatest trick consists In
balancing himself on the ends of his
fingers under i.the eyes of the Judges,
without a second's interval, for seven
days and tUshtsl . v .:
Small Change
v But it will be much more the Ross
City later,
- i ?' ' e . ' ,-',,
Tha , coiintrv . la ' hAiiM ' a , - frmi
LOregon, somehow.
' .The winner always thinks the losaW
, WWW, ,111. ,"'"' . ',.,' . ... 1
Neither has there . been a glut of
strawberries . so far. -
After the' festivities, let us have a
sane and safe Sunday, v
' 2 " ' '
Another .great trlmuph; automobll,
races and too accident.
Mr. Weatherman, torn on the calorio
whenever you're ready,,.
" ' ' 4 ' ' a ' -
The June hrM.n I. n-ii..
and insignificant as ever.
After all It a ai,rv. ;
year's will be a greater one.
i . ' ' ' r . a . . , ,x
The Old Tr,ntln ' I. ,1.. ..I -,
Chamberlaln-goT the mort VoW' V " .
If Fits Or Nelann un'l -hi
th. stage they -cinln the rlosT
Tha nerval nta. .it... :
plarty bow11 " s B,w ' .Ru,Ucan
. Some young -women 1 are suspecting
that their beat fellows don't know that
this is June.
- , - , .' .,
How would It do to atarf h n..ti
Snua 'ouncllman or two If they don't
e . .
The railroads an1 nM.n.nhiMiiAMi.4.
seem to have won In Georgia. In de
feating Governor Hoke Smith.
All Ortrnn tl -
Williams a pleasant trip to the Chicago
WW...W....W. wmu. : bus reiurn. :
' ,
It is nearly time fnr tha man wh.
never takes a vacation to write his
annual advice to those who do.
-
It has hean nir..tii4 . i. . , , w i ,
be tried flrst-on J. Bourne Jr. . per
Oregon would lnouc blra to visit
Senator Fultnn win tin t....
llcana in - Oregon to aarrea with Silm
that men elected rn ntfti nan i i.
on their promises; ""
An Ohio conaresaman baa han
rested for fraud and embezzlement But
he no doubt believes in the party's
time-honored principles ana tradltiona
James Ct'Lnarv nt h.
110.000 that there would be ll rainy
days In May. and won. w i. th nniG
man In that town who thinks It was
piuo UIUUUI,
Now that the Rose Festival ia
over in Portland and the election in
the atate, and that a week of June
""cu, it i illUQ to DHKin tO Prrt-
vai" i ccieoraie tne r ourtn or
July.
There's always somethin
doin'
in this
tuumry.
A man calleil at tha Wkn. Tin,,..
in trtkt l1 AAA AAA wVl.k t. . k.n . . .
Ki Vw,vww,vvw witiVU 119 UttlJCYCTCt WBI
coming to him from the president, but
"1 wuuihb ne was crazy, otherwise he
would have called, on Secretary Cor
telyou. He's the follnv viih t?i
Sam's dough.
New York' Run- k nlalramitt.
Williams as a candidate for rovernor
of . Texas pledges himself to - support
Mr. Bryan for president in xm. If he
??,u.,a 8er defeat this year. Mr.
Williams is a very aood iuda-e of human
nature. Mr. Bryan would certainly be
candidate In 1912.
Oregon Sidelights
Albany boasts of '24 passenger trains
day. a
e
The Bonanza creamery in Klamath
county will market -considerahla hutt
hereafter in Sacramento.
The nreclnet In whlrh th hlo- Balam
brewery is located went wet by only
six votes. That was a close shave for
the beet factory.
m
Eugene Register: Here'a to Mnltno.
mah oonntv whlfh HIH tha kir,4.n.
thing by the state university, if in the
Past we have said anything derogatory
of that county we here and now offer
profuse apology.
a
Bovd eorraannnilanxa nt Tha rtaliaa
Optimist: If the nartlea who atnla th.
cake and doughnuts . from the home of,
Edgar Rothery would kindly return
them, the mistress of the house would
thank him very kindly.
The Strawherrlaa In thla vlolntf a
Just beglnninat tn noma Intn haatln.
and be placed on the .market says The
Dalles Observer. It is claimed that the
crop will be heavier this year and the
berries of better quality than for sev
eral seasons past . .
A man who latel visited Cratir T.aVa
Parkways that the snowls stui very
deep there, and that in entering th
house at the station he had to dig
through nine feet of snow. Six miles
east of the station the snow was from
two to four feet deep, and at Bridge
creek there was five feet
"' ' a
. Springfield gave a handsome majority '
forthe university.' and the- high school
of that city was so delighted with Port
land a handsome vote for the institu
tion that they not only sent stacks of
roses over to Eugene, to be sent to" -the
city, but forwarded about 10 bushels
of roses on their own account
.-."
" This is the way the Eugene Guard
puts it: The Salem hoc and the Linn
county mossback voted against the Uni
versity of Oregon, but after ; all the
people of Oregon stood nobly against
the reactionary forces and -won a' glo
rious victory that will do a great deal
toward hastening the coming of the
Greater Oregon.
f .v. .? e .... - t ,
, The city of Hubbard has Just finished
putting on the public streets and all
the county roads leading into Hubbard,
200 barrels of oil. The citizens living
on or near the Pudding river road made
up $75 to have the road oiled, but the
citv put nearly $200 worth of oil n
this road. The city of Hubbard has, in
the past five years .spent nearly $1,000
on Improving roads leading into town.
' North Yamhill Record: Tt la tnantr.
Ing to drive through the country at this
season of the year and -observe, the nice
fields of growing grain, clover - and
orchards. Beyond a doubt thla county '
is making tremendous imnrnvnmenta -
compared with a few years ago. Much
of the land that was impd a r.
ago for wheat raising is now sown to
gmH, wnicn is lurnisning pasture for
hundreds of head of stock, mostly cows.
There has hot hwn a httr
berry season for many years. The ber
ries are of good size and of extra fine
flavor. The frost did absolutely no
damage tp the fruit this year, and the
yield will be extra large, considering
; .x r '.. ' i" niver ews-
Letter. Indians from the , several res- '
rvations have arrived in large num
bers to harvest the crop, and it Is be
lleved : that there will be plenty of
pickers and packers.
A wooden pipe factory has been es- "
tabllshed In the Barrett district in the
Hood River valley. The plant Is capa
ble of running two sets of boring ma- -chines
simultaneously and of turning
eut ith..i1?wln,r amounts dally when
run to ite full capacity, 2,400 feet f il
Inch; 8,000 feet; of 10 inch, 2.40O feet of '
8 inch; 8.600 feet of inch and 4 Inch'
plpe. The cores of the larger pipes are
bored again; w.ound and used for hleh
pressure purposes. It is the plan to
leave a S Infib shell to the piper How. '
ever,-much of the oioe bored has a a ,
to 6 inch rim. t . "