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THE JOURNAL Ait INDEPENDENT ' KrWBPAPE. . JACKSON. ..Pobllabat eTarj- Bandar BJoruln7 t Tba Jouro.fBall - In, rittb 4 yamalil atraata. Portl"i 0f- Entm4 at Dm poatofrtoa t Portland. Ot.. to rrimuilMiu through IM naiii nm"" cutler. - TEl.CPRAVra UAtw rrn BOMB. A-S001. AU apil-tmnt raac&MJ 07 ul"rT Tell tb ojiarttor the department J "WSJI Kt '838. roKKISN ADVERTISING BEPRESKNTAT1V1 Vrw.lD4-BJm!n 8 pad" I Adwtllo ADr. Broaawl-i Balldln. 2a rifth aaenu. ; TarSt Trlbana Bulldinc rbieafo. cbaertptloa Tuna by Ml t any In the United Btataa. Canada er Mexieo. DAILI. OM faar. 8.X J Ona moot. ......8 StTNDAT. Ooa pa...,...ia.80 J One month. '.VT DllL? AND SONDAT. a fw. IT-SO I Ooa month 8 .CO -5? : A man's good breeding is the best security against other people's 111 manners. Ches terfield. t fl.. -a BTTSIXESS CONIHTIONS IMPItOV- rsro. M B. W. H. HURLBUHT, whose Judgment oa such a matter Is of the best, sari on a re turn from a trip to several large ; eastern ; cities that business conditions are, gradually Improving, and " promise ; Improvement during the latter part , of the year. This lev is confirmed la many quarters. The New York American says: "The country Is -waking up. ; Mills and factories that have been closed for months again hum and whir with action. Trade Is Improving. New .York merchants are, reinstating em ployes they were forced to dispense with last fall. VThe same is true In other cities. In Chicago commercial men are preparing for a prosperous season." ' ; '-"; There is a good deal of this talk throughout the country, and there Is truth In It. The near approach of, the harvest Is one reason. The crops reek not of depression, but grow and ripen Just the same. To harvest them will , require an im mense amount' of labor and much new machinery; And in a few weeks they will cause the Wide circulation of great currents of that life blood of business, money. For people not only of : this country but of ;other countries must eat. , Manufacturing plants that ' have been idle are starting up. The lumber industry is reviving. Con fidence is pretty well; restored, not withstanding the powwowing of politicians. Business men are com ing to the sensible conclusion that the country will, be safe whoever Is nominated or elected. , h t There is , work again for moat laborers, a great army of whom were sorely pinched during the win ter and early spring. Thousands of men have lately been reemployed - In St. Louis. In the Kansas City district 35,000 miners who have been Idle eight months have gone to work.. North and south the rural districts need men. In the labor market demand is becoming the bull again. Money is plentiful. Even the railroads can now get all they want. - So cheer up. ThiB section of the country was riot as hard hit as , others by. the panic, yet it has been felt " all right But it was an un- natural, . unreasonable panic, to a ' great extent, and the country has become too big and prosperous to f lie long under its blight. Help along the better times coming, and pay little attention to the politicians,'- '"''.-,' A BIG DRAIN ON OREGON, IT IS A wise policy to keep money In circulation around home as " much as possible. Not that peo ple should submit to be "held ; tp" by their neighbors for this pur : pose, but it is well to help your buBtness neighbors, for thus they are both encouraged and enabled to neip you in your business. This mutual and voluntary protection is the only legitimate kind, and should be practiced with reference both to one's home city and one's home state. It would be well to have a revival of the slogans: "Patronize Home Industry"; "3uy Made-in-Oregon Goods." The way for a state to "fly with hc-r own wings" Is to pull together, her own people mutually helping one another. We .'could often buy things made at or near home that are really superior to those bought abroad at a higher price. "'TIs distance lands en chantment to the view" of them. We are Injured by our imagination. Analogous to . this bad' practice of sending east for many things that we Ought to buy at home is that of sending such great Quantities of money to the extortionate, lite insur ance companies ; with headquarters In eastern cities, principally New York.' We have lately suffered from a period of money scarcity, ; which necessarily produces general stagna tion in business, . with disastrous consequences not; only to business men "generally out to professional men,5 and most of all to wage earn ers. And if we look at the figures expressing the amounts of money sftnt out of Oregon during the past five . years for life Insurance, we thall at once see one reason why at a financial pinch In y ; NeV- York money became scarce In Oregon. Those figures are as follows: In leS.'$l;677,251; in 190, $1,877, S9; in 1905, $2,097,011;" In 1906. $2.096, S16; In 1907, $1,929,1551 total for five years,i I8.678.22T. The amount showed a little decrease last. yeaV owing to the -disclosures about New Tprk life insurance com panies and- a new' opportunity af forded to obtain' insurance at home. In the same period of five years the people of Oregon received from the eastern life insurance companies in payment of death losses and divi dends the sum of $2,807,555. There fore the people of this sparsely pop ulated state thus paid out $8,770, 672 to, these companies more than they received In return.' For every dollar returned they had paid aoout $2.40. .No wonder,' when It is con sidered that the whole country is doing much the same -as Oregon, that those companies were gorged with millions and had money to I throw at various sorts of birds. It is said that the insurance companies centered in New York handle more money than all the transportation companies of the country combined They i accumulate such colossal for tanes-lhat they become a veritable menace to the political welfare of the country. ' Under such circumstances, and both oa general principles and with reference to this particular business, why should not Oregon people pat ronise a home company, and keep the money-in 'Ort'gon, when this can be done with entire "safety and on better terms? Why send away about $6,000 a day to New Ydrk, to get back only about $2,500, when the people' could be better served by investing less money at nomei ine amount, as we have seen, runs up into millions in a short time, and the eastern companies retain a good deal more than half of It; we need that money here in Oregon. . TJJfFORTUJfATB DESPONDENCY. T HE JOURNAL, is fain to extend some degree of sympathy to its Journalistic neighbor on account of its political pessi mism. This seems to have , become chronic and incurable. It Is a con ditlon that calls for pity rathe than reproach, because a newspaper's as well as an Individual's power for ef fecting a transformation or even a considerable change of disposition and character is limited. And that a big and' notable newspaper, ' in such a splendid young state and ajich a fine growing city as this, a city with ' Buch bright prospects should be so despondent, so distrust ful of the people's common sense, bo out of sympathy artd harmony with them, and so dolefully prophetic of evil because of their acts in trying to take a direct hand In self-govern ment, Is regrettable. It is to be re gretted on the newspaper's own ac- count, as showing , Its Incapacity to keep pace with popular political progress, and on. the public's ac count, for an organ of reaction and pessimism has its depressing Tnflu- enee. '.' - ' Our discouraged and disgruntled contemporary thinks the people of Oregon have gone far wrong and will go farther. It says "an immense body of the people have gone daft"; that those who voted not to suit It are led by "groups of utoplsts and hobbyists"; that the people are fol lowing "whimsical notions and local ideals"; that as a whqle the people of Oregon have "a narrow and pro vincial mind"; and that Oregon will now be overrun with "cranks and mattolds." This is really a doleful picture of the people of Oregon but The Journal cannot accept it as a true one, even If It does not agree with the majority on some propo sitions, and especially with the ma jority in some counties, particularly on the university bill. On' the con trary. The Journal thinks that the people have on the whole done pret ty well, and believes that they will do better. But even If in our judgment they have nrade serious mistakes, shall we therefore nsk them to give up and return to former conditions here, and to political conditions such as obtain in many states, whore un scrupulous political bosses, allied With plundering interests, have ab solute sway, and the people are no more represented than cattlefJThis is what Is meant by a "return to common sense find to the rule of Judgment." It Is meant that Oregon should give up all this effort for real republicanism, for true democ racy, and become supinely subserv ient to political leaders who do not, serve them but their enemies, like California, New England and in a greater or less degree most other states. We think the invitation will not be accepted, the advice not fol lowed. The peoDle have had t and too expensive an experience in trusting to leaders and legislators who almost continuallv betraveil them, or at least were Incapable of doing anything for the public wel fare. Suppose the Roosovelt meas ures that congress contemptuously Ignored could be brought to a vot of the whole country by the Initia tive, does anybody doubt their pas sage by an overwhelming majority? na u mat were done would the peo ple therefore be cranks and utoplsts and mattolds, devoid of Intelligence! i The morning misanthrope Is also la the depths of gloom because the people of Oregon, though as a rule electing Republicans, chose to -elect Democrat, for eenaton . This f is commented on as something terrible to contemplate, and In the nature of an advertisement to the world that Oregon is completely crazy. J All these comments aisume that it Is- matter of supreme Importance that Oregon should be represented only by Republicans, that is, party is set up as the. head high god which should be 'worshipped above all others And everything. ; There was a good deal of this sort of talk, too, when Chamberlain-was elected gorernor;"the earth would be blighted and the neavens mign laiioecanse vne peo- - - . X A 1 T" ' I . jjemoci-Hx m cerium iwuuuuraa.. uui noming calamitous aappeneu, . ... "Tvv " . . ucur election win oe regaraea as a curiuu;vDDirif mm to. nui wuuuc uwn puu tuius be: out uregon win surrer notning In Aonnenuenca. and broad-minded. "". v v avl country will iook upon tne event as a good sign, and upon the people of Oregon as men of admirable In-1 dependence, and determination to Th Nw York Preaa remarka that , , . . , the devil was nighty crafty when ,h f,.A th.meAlvafl from Iuhi Anil rtntrl, . . . . " - rnlatinil ts riemnnrf end trot nhnnt tiaf tha-m vnn what they want. . . ( ? s do ine journal wouia not oe aial arriinflA1 nrA rinlafnl t If rrtnld and I m ir if Tf vn- in wu.u " mv..tuo - ine peopie or uregon, ana toai iney finvA nnrkmnllBftiul n cmnA Aaa an A I even though they make some mis- 0! takes will accomplish moref and ltjbe prohibited aisoT Not Bull Run, we kindly suggests to its contemporary J the advisability Of cheering up. For a wmmr to rAirard th nannln aa fools Is not good either for Itself I - " r 1 f. ' V11a Ik I , , Instances they may use tnelr new big tools a little awkwardly, The Journal has confidence that on the! Whole their use of them is a .change ,. wt. a - , "one. e" I Ultimate aavantage ot uregon. 1 Thn flf atAmant Nn. 1 lsin1atorfl I will do a great deal for Chamber- mm 11 mey snail eiect mm senator. 1 But what, oh! what, can or Willi Chamberlain do for them T-Oregon- lan. Ah, ha! herein appears one of thn hpmitlfa of the new svRtom nf electing senators by direct vote of the people. Heretofore candidates for annntor had to nromlse leirlBlat- , . ors offices, favors, monev. all sorts 1 of things that spell bribery, but vusiiuueriain win uromise mem 1 nothing, and do nothing for them, ' . 0 . ... ' luuio niau lur uiuor kudu uiuzeua His promises all run to the whole people, not a few fellows of whom he bought the office. Two or " three Oregon newspapers are still Insisting that there has been and still Is a great scheme on foot to defeat Chamberlain and elect I Bome Portland man with a big sack. An Astoria paper especially asserts this. There's nothing lh it. Cham berlain will be elected, and even If a very few members might enter tain the notion suggested, there is no Portland or other man who would attempt to get the senator- ship In this way., He couldn't enjoy the office if he succeeded. These i rumors are mostly the result of jaundiced journalism In the Tall Tower building. The Oregonlan is bard to please. It Is continually scolding because a lot of Republicans vote for a single Democrat,' and yet It is dissatisfied because these and other Republicans did not vote for some other Demo crata. It censures Republicans for not sticking solidly together for their party, yet Itself asked them to vote for two Democrats. It is difficult for voters if thev think it worth I whlla In trv tn eat nntn th Mirv9 J 1 of such Inconsistency. ai mis lime every year mere are people who want to kill the cherry as to whether they do more harm than good. But the defenders of the birds always seem to get the best of the argument, for they understand how useful and valuable the birds are, as some owners of cherry orchards do not. Congress having turned down and rejected nine out of ten of the presi dent's policies, the Republican plat form makers are going to make the most possible out of the currency bill, hoping that the voters won't discover before November what a delusion and fraud it is. Has the morning paper no opinion express on the political morality Senator Fulton's advice that members of the legislature should violate their pledges to the people? Or does that paper agree with the senator? It Is said that silence gives consent. The White House platform build ers know how to Indorse the ad ministration all right; that is easy; but how also to indorse the Re publican congress that acted almost entirely in opposition to the admin istration, without getting the grand ha ha all over ; the", country, is a different matter. ' . James Stillman's Borthday. James Stlilman, one of the most noted bankers and financiers : in New VTork city, was born June 9, 1860. In Browns villa, Texas. His parent ; were ; New Bnglanders and aoon after his birth they returned from th south, to Hart ford. Connecticut. In which city he was tirought, up. After completing his edu cation Mr. stlilman enterea a nrm ox cotton merchants in' New York, and he has retained an unbroken connection with the same firm evor since. In 1851 he became president ' of : the National City bank of Js York, which under his management bacama the .larzeat bank In capital, resources and business in tne- united .States. Mr. Btlllmen is lso : president of- several , oher New York banks and a, director In railroad lines, traction llaes and industrial cor porations scattered throughout the east, south end went, - He is prominent aa a yachtsman ami is noted aa a breeder of fine cattle end- blooded horses at his magnificent farm st Coj-naJlrOtWIud- Small CLange' ' . The people are near enough right, .. v .a ' : s-- Make the beat of the worst of it i . , Wnat glorious . festival weather thla would hv been. Now lt ia warming up for the rood Oregon 1 Republican by 40 ,000, but i aa e&ne aires. Uxtrrt Wtryl! AU about a man I IBBjIiy peopjo up U9 OOUutry, I '. ? coureo there will, be a," Rose Fee- w y", u4 a petter one. I Probably the Seattle papers don't J" SrtiJSi people to come over to I .: I One canlmagln the salmon having a festival these daye-or planning one - r m aw juiur I . Looking at that vote for Ellis, one la I lempieu aumost to agree with the Ore- mn in m opinion oi tne people, I There nlgnt be a good use for the I " "r statement no. 1 member pledge. or t ha laiarlal&tura Xirail Vlnla Mm : " "God bleaa you reporter, exclaimed John d. Rockefeller. But eome of them inou.?lt th.'r "derstood what he meant : a e I. The interests are apparently all fall- in mto line and standing ahoulder to snouldar now tot the Rooaavelt noil. . per xarr. - - The Republican leadera are araryta ing their utmost lnsenultv In tnanufac- .affi w" focI " many a The Republican platform-makere will UVaef pointing' with v'riaT ThlS in I the climax of audacity. L,erWt sJeohenVi in rV ?Ved of'life in I her count's gloomy old castle, and it is Pr?D?.D1 honeymoon Is becom lng BOUr, SS"?"? . ,ft"fTOt? essay on way tne Republican 1'arty ""ria .Tne committee probably can t think of any reason Itself. Lincoln county Is unlaue In havlnr cnangea rrom ary to wet, on which ac oount its summer resort places will gain some patronage of one kind and lose a gooa aeai 01 anomer icina. Senator Pulton said that he did not believe a Republican legislature would elect a Democratic senator unless he saw lt done. Come back. then, nut January, senator, and you will probably aee it aone, in about one thousandth part of the time lt took to elect you. Oregon Sidelights vPendleton may have a broom factory, a ' a La Grande may also have a cherry aay. Aurora has gone Wet nut In a water system. Ashland went 7 to 1 In favor of the university. Every precinct In Union county but one went dry. Dufur will enlarge and Demetuate its water wuppty. Now strawberries in all Darts of Ore gon are ripening rapioyy. - It looks like a loner drv snell ahead. says the John Day News. It takes two days for mall to reach Port Orford from the railroad. Two Norway, Coos county men killed several - of a band of 16 pelicans. . a 'ine T-enaieton wool scouring piani nas startea up wiu employ so men a The vote of the town of Wallowa n n. ftAm 971 ffn T ana .a ,71 . V. t n ,AaM a Tbe new mayor of Klamath Falls Is There are signs of oil also In Kla math county, xota of signs In Oregon, but no gushers. A man claims to have found a fine copper ledge on Middle mountain In Wallowa county. , a a - Klamath Fails Express: Dry, dry, dry, everything and everybody dry. Dry town, dry country and dry farming. The drys have completely knocked out- the wets. Now watch Klamath Falls and Klamath county B0- The Springfield Booth-Kelly mill is running a full crew of men now and times are beginning to look good again. Everything seems to be on the move with no Idle men. Everybody has em ployment, aaya the News. 'There were 4 men In Mitchell that bad to swear their votes In on election day, and some of them lived in the cor poration. The legislature should pass a law not to allow a man to vote that falls to register without showing a good reason for not doing so, says the Senti nel, and it Is right. a a Fish are dying by the thousands in nearly all Irrigating ditches of the coun try, says the Medford Tribune. The law requires that screens be placed In the conduits to prevent the fish from leaving the main streams, but no effort ! rna tn anfnre the law. The fish warden does nothing, and ditch ownersl say mey nave not seen. r um nvm him- 'J:-. .evy:;':: Newport News-Reporter:. We have a wide awake city council whtoh appears to be willing to meet the present de mands of the oitv. We haven, publlo SDirited Commercial club which will let no opportunity paa to further our In terestsTbut stllf we are .lacking to one element of progress. ; We need a woman's olvlo Improvement league to uergest and promote a systematio plan for Improving and beautifying the city. V This Date In History. . v S- 1 T81-George ' Stephenson, the per fecter of the locomotive, born; died Au- ihl JohmHowart Payne, author of "Home, Sweet Home," born; died April 10i850 i-Tjamea Stlilman,: prominent Amertoan financier, born. a - 1868 United States senate decreed the abolition of alavery In all the terri tories of the union. : " , , 1870 Charles Dickens, 1 famous Eng lish novelist, died; born February T. 181. - . .-- - ' - ; 1878 Januarlus McGahan. famous American newspaper correspondent who. has been called the Hberato of Bul garia, died in Constantinople; born In Ohio June 12, 1844. A - ' . ,; 190J Centennial , of the United States ' military academy at West point celebrated. - - .-..-.... 1906 Preaident Roosevelt appealed to Japan and Russia -for a meeting of the two powers peace. to consider terms of PRESS COMMENT ON THE OREGON , ; ELECTION . V . t Of Couwe They , Will, , From the La Grande Observer. -. Occasionally the Question is heard, "Will . the Republicans stated to, the legislature anon the ' Statement No. Sledge vote tor Chamberlain for United tates aenatorr There should be no Question about it. ' Of course they win, The people of Oregon have said . they wished Mr. Chamberlain to represent them in the United Statea senate, and their rights and wishes must be re spected by all members of the legisla ture who subscribed to Statement No. 1. Any member who subscribed to State ment no. 1 ana rails to msjeet gooa nis promise Should forever be banished from politics and the society of honest tn.en. The Oregon Election.', From the Walla Walla Statesman. It would, not at all surprise many people to see such ardent supporters of American Drinciples as Secretary Taft, President Roosevelt and "Unci Joe' Cannon lend their aid to a movement looking to the thwarting 01 tne people s expressed will. . ; , Anyway tne uregon election, wiin -us freaky" crovislons enabling the oeo- nle to select their Own servants, will be a valuable object lesson. Already It la showlns un the sincerity of Republl can adherenoe to the dootrine of direct election of United States senator. . - And If machine politics succeed In robbing Georae Chamberlain of the sen- atorship, there will be a polltloai revo lution which will Drobably extend oon- alderably beyond the boundaries of our ncignDoring siaie. Party Politics. . From the Utalon Scout : ' There was a time when party name Counted for much in Oregon. Not now. ILounts for nothing. ' The time la past tar It. people are educated beyond that aee. Admitted that it may be a sign of degeneracy or parties, put it is regeneracy of the people. This is a severe blow to bosslsm and the death of political leaders. 'The people are educated beyond their erstwhile bosses and In their turn have become the lead ers. Now nothing remains for the bosses bu to fall in line. When they could crack their party whip and order their followers to fall in Jlne. the joy of the doss was complete, out now ii is ' an ferent. The education of the voter has made him an Independent human being and not a part as heretofore of a voice- ess Dumoseiess machine. - come to think about it what is party that we are mlniMul of ltT Like Ulory! the echo of wi long lost name. Hence on, each man must run on his merits not thoHo of some great predecessor of the same party pretensions. Politicians Should Heed. From the San Francisco Chronicle. Apparently an overwhelming Repub lican legislature in uregon must elect a Democratic United States senator, or openly repudiate their written pledges, which would make Oregon Democratic for the next decade. There have been some very rotten legislatures in Oregon, but wo doubt whether there is money enough to beat the election of Governor Chamberlain. Theie !s' no doubt whatever what this means It means that the people of Oregon set personal character above the Firofesslon or the possession of any po ltlcal principles whatever. The people know Qovernor Chamberlain, for the state, being overwhelmingly Republican m political sentiment, has twice elected him, a Democrat, as governor, and his administration of that office has been such that they want him for senator. As the people of Oregon feel, so feel the electors In all carts of the country. and machine politicians may well take neea to it. For th present it Is useless to im plore electors to vote for candidates whom they do not like for the sake of 'the party." The one Issue1 In American public life is honest government, and It overpowers all other Issues. Statement No. 1. From the Canby Tribune. The election Is over. Chamberlain Is the winner of the senatorial contest. and there Is a Statement No. delega tion in the legislature, wnat does tnis mean? It simply menns that Chamber lain will go to the United States -senate with a whoop. Those who contend otherwise will realize ; they are mis taken. And those Fulton Republicans who voted, for Mr. Chamberlain out of a feeling or vengeance simply cut orr their noa'ea to solte their faces. ' If they wanted a. Republican in the senate as they so persistently claimed why in thunder didn't they vote for a Repub lican? The explanation is this; They thought, and still think, that Harvey Scott's proprram will be carried out; that is. that the legislature will repu diate Statement No. 1 and elect a Re- nul.llran whom the oeoole ao not want. This presumption is a mistake, and will be a miserable failure, 8enator Fulton to the contrary notwithstanding. Ful ton may be able to boss a political con vention, but he can't boss the people of Oregon. . . The whole thine- in ft nutsneii is mis: The peope wanted Statement No. 1: they evidently wanted Chamberlain, or they wouldn't have elected htm, and the ? roper and logical course to pursue Is o elect Mr. Chamberlain to the senate. Thla will be done without a doubt. The Voter' Verdict, r From the Corvallls Times. : . " Kvery time the people get a chance to express' their .sentiments airectiy on Statement No. 1 their approval of It is pronounced. That is what makes futile the efforts of politicians to discredit It In Mondays election tnere was oppor tunity for the people to vote without rirejudlce and without interference on he measure. It was the Initiative pro vision to ' require all members of the legislature to subscribe to a pledge to tuncort that senatorial candidate re ceiving the highest number of votes at the .general election. It la a plan to make Statement No. 1 compulsory. The vote in Benton Was. for, 1,33; against, (37. It Is afe overwhelming .vote of nearly three to rtne. It is a true expres sion, and Is Indicative of what is next the heart of the voter. He feels that be hnnM altct the senator, and that he can do it aa well or better-than a few legislators and a few politicians can do lt at Salem. . He does not wish to give up the right, and by his vote, insists on retaining it,- It - was ' this conviction of the voter that 'caused the defeat of Senator Ful ton.' Nothing else beat him.- It means that the politicians cannot overthrow the measure, and that the sooner they accept lt. and leave the people undis turbed In their right to select the sen ator, the sooner order will take place nf ritanrder and the sooner will the pol itics of Oregon again flow In a normal channel, . ., . -, -., - ' Chose the Better Man. , j l T From the Walla -Walla Bulletin.'' . Th state of Oregon has again come to the front as one of the great states of the Union by elaborating and demon ntratinv the createst principle of our Republican form of government that the people rule. uireci primary inwa ior the eleotlon of candidates for United States senators, as well as ether offi cials, have been'enaoted In many states. but' none embody a. Statement No. 1, that the candidate receiving the major ity of ivbtea cast at , the primary shall, regardless of party be elected. The nomination "of candidates for United Sta-tea senator by the people has been a great step in the reform movement. Why the election of senators by. the people should be termed visionary is be yond us. .The fact that In a Republican state like' Oregon a Democratlo senator should receive a majority of the votes oa at Is no slur on the people., but a eom- Fllmont to their intelligence. By voting or Chamberlain, they evinced a desire for his election and they should have him.. While we strongly believe In the tenets of -the Republican party, and while we prefer the election iof a Re; (.publican wherever, possible... we realize that the election of Chamberlain was not blow at Republicanism, in that the rest of the Republican ticket wai elected, but lt evidenced the tact, that the people of Oregon want Chamberlain to represent them In the United States senate, and the Oregon liglslature Is in duty bound to send him there. " It ounds Inconsistent that Republicans should elect a Democrat tn of floe, but if the majority of the people choose a man to - represent them,' the highest principle of our electoral form of gov- parent Inconsistency should therefore vanisn. - - , The American people are ' becoming better acquainted as to their right and griviiegea ana tne. power ox tne oaaou y being able to vote directly for a United States senator they feel that they will be truly represented in the United States senate. They feel that the man they Want la the best man for them, and party lines often become elim inated when they are seeking the best A Blind Leader. '' ' ' From the Medford' Tribune. Senator Fulton la leading a little band of machine politicians, whose heads are so thick that a crowbar must-be used to get an Idea Into them, tn a futile and vain effort to sweep back, the ocean or popular government that is over Wbelmlnar them. - ,-. One would think' that Senator Fulton would have learned something from his own defeat In the primaries, and by the uiaauuiK vy tne people or political ma chines, but the Republican convention in rortiana, neia afterwards ana con trolled bv him nroeeeded to defv son ular rule and defeated the Republican candidate bx- turning down Statement No. i. .- ..-., Neither 1 the bun saws of primary or ox election nave opened Mr. f uiton ( eyes to the handwriting on the wall. and he Is out with a statement advising legislators to defy public sentiment, to ignore tne people, to repuaiate tne soi emn pledges upon which they were elected, in order to elect a partisan can didate, presumably himself, to the sen ate. The people are not so dense as Mr. Fulton Is. or retenda to be. Thev knew just wnat tne direct primary law pro vided. - They wanted a Democrat elected to the senate by the republican legis lature, ana voiea lor it. unaerstanaing the situation thamue-hlv. Where re publicans refused to promise to vote as tne people aemanaea, as tney ma in Jackson county. Democrats were elected in their; nlaces, so fthat a Democrat would be sent to represent Orea-on. and a Democrat will succeed Mr. -Fulton. The party cry la always .the refuge Of the politician, a last hope to bolster up a ranure, ana to rauy support rrom the unthinking and prejudiced for a re pudiated Individuality. In this case Mr. Fulton vainly hones to stampede the legislature from the accepted choice of the whole people to the rejected of his own party. People Have Won. From the Union Republican. For the second time in the great and progressive state of Orearon. the prin ciple of 'popular election of United estates senators nas been emphatically Indorsed . by the people. In the next legislature at least 61 Statement No. 1 members will hold office, a majority pr rive ior popular election or senators. The Republicans of Oregon have had ample warning on this subject. If the party la to remain in power it must get Into the band wagon with the people. It cannot stand In the attiturfa nf lin ing afraid to trust the people and still win. Had Senator Fulton indorsed thn ron- ular election of senators end Statement No. 1 in his Corvallia speech, outlining mo uuircy, mat mil, Ha wouiu nave swept the state and would now he the nominee of the people Of Oregon for the Aa it was he remidiated that nrln clple, defied the people in a sense, and consequently turned the state over to a Democratic wave which has elected tne next United Statea senator. The Statement No. 1 members will elect George K. Chamberlain next win ter within 40 minutes after assembling ror tne senatorial election. Neither dis ruption, corruption, bribery, crooked ness or prejudice can swerve these men rrom tneir purpose. They . nave , given their pledge. - , , There Is no reason In the world why a Republican should not be elected to the senate from Oregon. It Is a Repub lican state nas plenty or KepuDiican timber and should be represented by Republicans. v But the leading Republicans of the state nave aeriea tne people's wishes, have sought to thwart progress, to hold the state In the hollow of the hand of a few leaders, and the result is that lt Is now a Democratlo state,, and such lt will remain until Republicans get right on a number o-f LIg issues now agitating u Buvcit-ign peopie oi uregon. Our Prime Possession. From the Astorlan. Harking back to the first principles of our Republican form of government we may find plenty of causes for Justi fication, if not of gratulation, upon the tendency of the day to carry the law making function .direct to the people; for who haa a better right to It, com ception, ordinance ana aaministration, man tne people to wnom tne govern ment belongs, first and absolutely Its earlier manifestations may be charged with crudities, blunders and ir regularities; that goes without saying oecause or tne newness 01 tne tning. But lt does not follow that time and experience will not qualify the people to ultimately employ tneir natter -wisdom and faculties and devise and e oute their codes as admirably as their alleged representatives have ever done in tne course oi history. We are not a nation of fools, . bowso ever the fools may berate ua. .The political leaders of the past have not absorbed nor cornered the sum of ail sagacity in the matter of human government; or. If they have. It has never been demonstrated with any startling and convincing effect during tna past a years, except along aa verse lines and preparing and perfecting the art of "rafting and in cinching up ths interests of the "interests" until the rinsing voice of the real nrealdent called the halt and gave the people the auspicious moment In which to swing their sign or authority on high. The ''masters' of "political logic end the high-caste "champions" of the peo ple sit insecurely In their saddles of prestige; the men to whom the com monalty has kowtowed for the' past half century are shaken with fear and chasrin at the apoalllns: fact that thv are about to be deposed; that they may counsel, out not commana; mat tne people are ' to gradually become a law unto themselves, and take over th su preme right they have. always had con- siliuiiunauy un" naver usea BUI tenta tively all these years: .that thev era awakening to the travesty of the old system ana are going in ror the real thing in the way of popular govern ment. - Who can blame them? They have seen the best and greatest Of their country's resources deliberate ly stolen from them by the very ' men they have charged with : the task of saving and protecting them; tney have seen the limitless and heartless spolia tion: of their-noblest and amplest pre rogatives at e hands of the servants that swore to defend and cherish them: they have eome to know the shame and bitterness of a treachery so universal and so organised that the marvel of the day Is' that the people will take so mua a means to ngnt tne nuge ana vicious wrong and that revolution' does not show Its drastic front; they have listened to the lying voice Of trusted leaders so long that- the lure of the falsehood has worn Itself out against the wounded patlenea of a people de ceived and denied and undone. . - -They may flounder and fall and fall tn tnelr new effort to- take up the reins and drive the hard bargains of national ana communal control witn saiety ana success; but the germ has inoculated the mentality of the race and the Im pulses of cfvio redemption are all at work in the eolendld task against the forces of greed and maladministration; and t- carpin of self-ordained crit ics ' and erstwhile counselors, political and otherwise, thall not prevail against the new order of things. . , . . . REALM FEMININE e What to Take. ; I the time for the annual outing oomes ; around, the ' prevailing question among women J folk Is "What shall I take T" and at tha v - risk of saying that which many have found out for themselves one may be pardoned for a suggestion to those who are not quite sure of our climate and our conditions. ' - : ,' To begin with, then, , unless you - ars planning to stay for some time at the mors fasblonabls hotels at, the seaside, leave at home the dressy . clothes and make yourself comfortable- with plenty of plain, things, and preferably those that require only the simplest of laun derlngs. . -- i : , v - r ( It is an excellent Idea to provide pon. f. undrwear, for the long white skirts ana Other starched pieces accumulate .'.V8,11,. toL Wtakly' Tn the country or at the beach and cost a .good deal for laundry. Bloomers of pongee, and for the longer dresses gingham or pongjgiv skirts, are much better than frflly things FU ruffles and laces. , it Again, the newcomer must not make' the mistake of providing only for waim weather. The majority of days are cool either at U mountains or at the seashore, and nights are always cold. It is well. In planning for either kind of an event, to make a short skirt, at least two inches abnva tha ahn. tnne and better four, and bloomers of the anuio material, ror -tramps through the woofs, for clamming and crabbing, for walRs throuarh wet miilmi n fn. scrambles over the rocks. With thl should be worn the long leggings of canvas,, or, If preferred, the high boots which are now made for women's wear as well as for men's. One must not tall to take licht-welarht ruhhara fnr to be obliged to walk always in the dry sand at the seashore ia a hardship, and to get the boots wet every day shrinks the leather and makes theau uncomfortable. It is necessary to haTo several shirtwaists, and the kind that can be merely washed and dried and put on again are the best. Take one llnaerln dress for tha even ing hops at the hotels. One best hat for Sundays and to wear home again Is all that Is needed in that Una - cept a rough-and-ready sailor or a golf cap. If you don't like winds, tako a heavy veil not the spotty kind that you wear in town, but an automobile veil that will stand, fogs. . In the matter of footwear, ona nnlp Of slippers or ties for dances and two pairs of walking boots are all that are necessary, and tnese are, for lt will b the exceptional day when vou do not get one pair wet and want a change. You will want one long cloak or warm shawl for the cool nights on the beach around the campfires or when moon light walks are In order In the cool mountain air. You will also want medium-weight underwear, not the heaviest and not the thinnest unless one nult of the latter Is taken for the exception- ally warm day. The. comfort of getting away from town and dispensing: with much of tho uauat luxuries is tne rreeaom rrom tne constraints of fashion, the chance of ne simple lite ana getting the it of every day. If vou are going to got all that Is offered by woods and streams, by iong strolls through th-i lorests or nesiue tne ever-roiling ocean. you want to be relieved from all un necessary thought concerning your clothes. You want to be unhampered, so that vou can go where you please without having to consider clothes, and If you are at all of an active disposi tion you want to be ready for hard trins to lumn over hla-h loara or tn drive through a tangle of brake. This is the joy or tne vacation time. And women who are always too much ths slaves of their clothes and the puppets of their dressmakers particularly need thla release from that thralldom. And ' yet we have not said anything about the bathing suit which Is so necessary to the beach visitor. There are many novelties suggested from time to time, but the old standby s are all-wool sersre and aloaca or elorta. Thla latter material has enough of silk not to be too clinging, and enough of linen to make it durable. And it is well to be somewhat conservative about the trimming of the bathing suit. One must always consider how the wearer will look when coming out of the water as well as when going In unleas she Intends merely to look pretty and-sit tn the sand, a nose which is not gen erally admired. For the young girl ni style Is prettier than an adaptation of tne reter Thompson, ana it is auite possible. The laced front Is pretty, "artioularly when the lacing Is nrlght red on the blue. It Is best to shrink both suiting and brnid before cutting out the suit. - Avoid light blues, no matter how prett" on the dress-goods eounter, for .ae salt air will .speedily make them a dull- array. White suits look well, but are suitable only for the younger people. - Tne matron will look much neater In a black or dark blue, with but little trimming. The best style for maklna Is that 'Which stava together, and no Improvement has been found on the suit which combines blouse and bloomers, with the skirt snuglv buttoned abofit the waist. It la not like dabbling; In a pond to breast the waves of the Pacific. It is cold oh, stinging cold! and the wavea. are not respecters of oerson. The way to enjoy a dip In the ocean is to run tn to knee depth and diD under wettlnir chest well at first, then take the break ers, and don't stay In as long as you want to. Kt-memDer. the ocean will still be there the next day. a. K The Clover Pillow. " THERE is nothing nicer in the way of pillow pilings than the dried heads of sweet clover, made doubly attractive when encased in a pale green linen cover embroidered or outlined with clover blossoms, says the Housekeeper. , As these flowers retain loeir iragrance when ariea. tnere is something soothing and restful about such a pillow. In this regard lt bids fair to rival the already highly prized hop pillow. S tl at The Daily Menu. BREAKFAST, i Cereal and cream. Sausaee iwith Cream gravy. Hot biscuit. Coffee. IjUNCHEON. Egg. cheese and tomato fondu. ' Stuf fed picklos. Saratoga potatoes, Solced gooseberries. . Cake. : . V . " Tea. ; . DINNER. v. Macaroni soup, a Roast le or of lamb, mint sauce. Creamed turnips, . Rhubarb meringue. Asoarasrua ana lettuce saiaa. Chocolate cake, t . Coffee. Egg. cheeae and 'tomato fondu Melt two tablespoonfuls butter In a sauce pan. Four in grated cheese, ana when -this Is melted stir In three or four eggs s for. a scramble. Season with suit and pepper. When smooth and eus- - tard-llke pour, over sliced tomatoes on thin rounds of buttered toast. - " ' Stuffed pickles Take" medium-slsed pickles and cut lengthwise, . Scoop Out as much of center as convenient and fill with chopped green peppers, wal- -nut meats and green onions, moistened ' with pure olive oil and mixed mustard. , Place the two hRlves together and fas-', Un with toothpicks. - ' Rhubarb meringue Slice ' and stew . two cuofuls . of , rhubarb - 'and press through colander. Add one tablespoon f ul butter, yolks of" two eggs beaten with two cups of sugar and two table--, , spoonfuls cornstarch. Turn Into crust) and bake. 'When done cover with whites. of the eggs beaten Into stiff froth and i -sweetened with powdered" sugar. Brown i sHghtly. , - r, V , - . '
