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BTTSIXESS CONIHTIONS IMPItOV-
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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,'-
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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-
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jjemoci-Hx m cerium iwuuuuraa..
uui noming calamitous aappeneu,
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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
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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
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f. ' V11a Ik I
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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,
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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
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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
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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.
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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 , - . '