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THE JOURNAL
K ISDEP1CXDICXT NfcWrrKR.
C . JACKKON l-uliMnhrr
FnlilUhed every morning ei-ept Suwliijl 1
e?ery Sunday morn Inn at The Joiirnul Build
lt, Fifth and Yamhill Irrtita. INa-tlaiiil. r.
rntwil at tbe imatuMi at I'ortland. Or., for
il-cin r
or lo()k, or listen; exercise no Intel
ligence; politically be clnms."
For what nro Republicans, and
what are IhMnocrntu, thcuo days? To
this oft-repeat od question thorn luis
ns yet been no candid. Intelligible
answer.
V tntiiatuUatui througH th mall at secon
matter.
" 5"EI RPHONEH VAIN T17S. HOME. A-OoM
All department! rrarhttl hr tin numhiT
Ifll tha operator the dfpr(mi'iir tou waul.
'.. Eaat Bid office. H2Ut: Kal MM.
- rORKION AnVKItTlNI.MI ItEI'llKSKNTATIVK
Ireland Benjamin Sm-i-II Adrirllln ABfnrT.
Urunawlrk Building 2L.T. fifth nue. New
-forks MOT-OH Hutu Building. Chicago.
SuSK-rlptlon TVrmt hr mull or to anj addrrw
la tha United State. Canada or Mfilco.
PAII.Y.
.On fur, .VOf I On m nth f -BO
firNPA Y.
4, n year $2 (Ml I On month I .M
m ' " DAILY AND SL'MHAY.
s year $7.Sf I One month I
TORTI 'MI'S si tkkmacy.
I
" The- men of bid snoka little.
It would be well to Imitate
them, for those who talk
much are Rtire to nay some
thing ft would be better to
have left unsaid. Confucius.
THE APPEAL FOR PARTI.
i LL over the country the peo-
r-'-ll pie are throwing off, more or
. f let, ibe party habit. Party
. regularity, party fealty, un-
reasonlng adherence to party under
v all circumstances, Is now urged with
; far less force and effect than former-
ly. Nothing, no vlnlble and notice
able trend or tendency of thought
and action among the people, Indi
cates so much a3 this their lncreas
Ing Intelligence, their growing ca-
-t pabillty for self-government and con
f tlnued political "salvation."
With parrot-like Iteration, In
scolding terms, the partisan plea is
put forth here daily, and voters by
tens of thousands are criticised, cen
cured, scoffed at, berated, contemned
- end derided, because they do not on
every occasion and under every cir-
cumstance adhere to party and this
by a newspaper that on numerous oc-
. casions, and sometimes for purely
selfish sordid, or malevolent motives,
has turned against its own party, v
- "If' men are to be Democrats, let
them be Democrats; If Republicans,
v then Republicans," It says; and yet
. In the same issue it shows that there
"is at present no clear, Intelligible
line of demarcation between Demo
crats and Republicans. The prin
clpal doctrine and tenet of the Re
publican party these ,40 years, Its
great-basic working principle the
word "working" being significant
is protection, high protection. Ex
cept for this, one would scarcely
. know what to mention to distinguish
t or describe the Republican party.
Yet this same journalistic "common
j; scold" has opposed protection three
years or more out of four during its
whole career. That Is, it opposes
the main thing that the Republican
.-party stands for, and yet supports
candidates who stand for that-prin-'
clple.
Here are the "Roosevelt policies,"
no doubt approved In the main by
the common people, Republicans and
Democrats equally. But Roosevelt
Is nominally a Republican; therefore
must all people who call themselves
Democrats oppose Roosevelt? The
'PaaboitoU rtnpfpfl" arp nnnnspd hv
most of the Republican leaders in
congress; me iasi congress, over-
vhelmingly Republican, rejected
them. Now who are Republicans,
"those who agree with and follow
Itoosevelt, or those who approve and
eide with Aldrlch and Cannon? We
. Vvcn: pretty well what Roosevelt
Fi ar. b for, and what Aldrich and
.- Cun-on stand for; but which set or
, Boit of.ideaand policies are "Re-
'puDiican : now is a vuier 10 mi:
:Must he be opposite kinds of a Re-
publican at once?
Voters are told to "be a Repub
. T' lican or a Democrat," and no infor
mation is given them as to what a
Republican or a Democrat is. The
cnlv enlightenment they get on this
. Btibj?-1 is the reiteration of vague
delui. phrases "basic principles,"
" ""histork- tendencies," "general pur
poses" and on. The increasingly
enlightened people of this day de
mand something more specific than
this. They care little what a party
did 60 or 20 years apo; they want to
know what a party is going to do
.. from 1909 to 1913.
1 And it i a hnl hip-h mihli cor.
Yants stand for and are going to do,.
and not their party name, that an
- Increasing number of voters consider
of Importance. If Aldrlch abd Can-
- son .-are going to prevail and have
their way and decide what are Re
publican principles and policies, then
millions of voters who have been Re-
- publicans do not desire to be so any
longer, or at least Tor the present.
If the "Roosevelt policies," strength
' ned and rttal'.ied, are really and
; sarely to be those of tbe Republican
,- P-artr, men tie people are Ropub-
licant, to a greater extent than ever.
The time Is pawing when a party
.' attni is more powerful, more con-
, Tlncing and corupelllDB wer voters,
, than recent and prospective party
; performs qcev In tbe present flax
of. - political thought, movements
ransed by greater intelligence and
Independence, party has become al
. trios t a epllgihie term. The people
' ilrhtly distrust party, because the
; term baa crime to ataad for tnala
; ferity, for delusloa, for hypocrisy.
Tr rint ari tiaptrar. uence toe
liice to -t '?e?ab)frni er be
j :! rits HK-re t!br-rlb; ft is
. , ..itt U a; i. "DoaT Uklak, i
T IS greatly to the credit of fort-
limi) business men that surh
mnnlft-Nt interest xhouhl have ap
pearnl In the meeting for the
consideration of open rivers. The
spirit Is of character that pursued to
its ultimate, has Infinite significance
for Portland There are nt) obstacles
to bar the progress of really bravo
men. There Is no undertaking that
is hopeless where there Is unity of
purpose. The day that all Portland
determines upon unobstructed rivers
from the Interior to the sea, the un
dertaking will be half accomplished.
There is a world of power for ac
complishing things In a correct men
tal state. To get Into that state and
stay In it until the habit Is formed,
as now neems assured, for Portland
with reference to open rivers Is an
incident of great moment to the city.
Its issue is freighted with no less a
consequence thnn the ultimate su
premacy of Portland as the chief
maritime city of the northwest coast.
A coming 30rfont channel, 3,000
feet wide Is the latest news from the
mouth of the Columbia. A 30-foot
channel fronvtbere to Portland Is the
means for making Portland the city
of destiny. Unobstructed channels
for the Willamette and upper Colum
bia from their sources to Portland Is
fjfnal entrenchment in this position
of prestige and mara-time power. The
wheels of time never revolve back
ward, nor does the apple ever fall
upward. There is one law that never
has changed and that never will
change, and that Is that traffic
moves along the lines of least resist
ance. Freight will not climb over
mountains, if there is any other way
to reach the sea, and that is what
gives Portland her opportunity. No
matter what the cost, no matter what
the effort, no matter how mighty
the problem, Portland must have
these river channels opened to the
limit of commercial necessity, and
must not be tardy in the task. It is
the mightiest agency for bringing
into full utilization the mightiest and
only asset required, to make her po
sition of supremacy secure.
"Roosevelt policies" generally. Has
kell conies from a new state whero
the peoplo have taken all political
power into their own hands, electing
i-enators, strictly controlling all pub-
lie service corporations, and elimin
ating the boss and machine system
completely. In a word. Haskell rep
resents true democracy, a govern
ment of, by and for the people; Hop
kins stands for making the masses
"dumb driven cattle," to be ruled
and preyed upon by special Interests
and their political tools. .
A convention that especially hon
ored Burrows and Hopkins and nom
inated Sherman, and rejected all re
form measures and Roosevelt pol
icies, has gone into history. Another
convention will become a part of his
tory this week. Would it be strange
If the masses of the people should
look with favor upon the probable
work of this convention that puts
forward Bell and Haskell, rather
than upon the work nt that coijven;
Hon? Ixiok on Burrows and Hop
kins on one hand, and on Bell and
Haskell on the other; If they are
typical of the two parties , as now
lined up. It is certainly not strange
that people all over the country are
doubtlrig whether Mr. Taft, good
man though he be, can win. The
Burrpwses and Hopkinses are
enough to sink the Taft craft.
land to Huntington are a disgrace to
the road and a reflection upon Ore-i
gon people who put up with them.
The Dayton, Ohio, Journal Issued
a "centennial edition," to celebrate
the hundredth year of Its publication
on Sunday, June 21, 1908.
splendid Issue.
It' was
The work of opening the Columbia
and Willamette rivers to free navlga
tlon should never stop until It 1
completed. Everybody should heir,
Let's wake up and keep a-golng.
Small Change
Now for warm work-
Bo far, Bryan has jiot dictated
hlbltlon plank.
or vacation.
pro
GROWTH
OF PORTLAND
OREGON.
AND
T
WAKE UP AND KEEP A-GOIN'
T
HE growth of Portland Is the
growth of Oregon. The growth
of Oregon Is the growth of
Portland. The two are Interde
pendent, and what is good for one,
Is good for both. There is a warn
ing for each in the traffic situation
of New York City as related to west
ern wheat. It now costs three and a
half to four cents less per bushel to
ship wheat from Duluth to Montreal,
than from Duluth to New York.
Since the opening of water transpor
tation the wheat shipments to Mon
treal from Minnesota and the Da
kotas have risen to 8,000,000 bush
els annually, while New York has
dropped to 2,000,000.
All this is true in spite of the
greater facilities of New York port
in handling the cereal. But forthe
latter Consideration, the .western
wheat aggregate for New York would
be much lower as compared with
Montreal. The decadence as to New
York Is ascribed by the New York
Portland needs to Et a much larirr
owuier maye on ueiore me year is out
If Brother Charles (Taft) would buy
ujp (iu umiriDuie afitnui i.uuu.uuu water
melons among the Oolored brethren It
minni ao some good.'
But the 'July bride, young man,
be aometblngr Just as (rood.
rlll
J. D. Rockefeller has one advantage as
an author; he can -pay for publishing
ma uuur mmaeir.
Pity the poor people who by o!ni
away on vacations are deprived of Bui
it un wa ler.
A good deal of near beer Is now belna-
uufu in ury towns. nut it win nave
to be "Just as good," or better, for
"making drunk come.'' to become uonu-
isr. i
Bryan also has a Brother Charles.
But he Is not a multimillionaire.
All Is sweet harmony lust listen to
Bryan and Guffev comollmentlns- each
other.
Grandpa Gassawny Davis
even been mentioned.
has not
HE spirit behind the movement
for "open rivers" is not based
on antagonism to railroads on
the contrary, In the end the
railroad, through Increased business,
will be' the gainer as well as others.
The object of the open river move
ment Is not less transportation fa
cilities, but more facilities. It Is
based upon sound economic print
ciples. As Portland's position orig
inally was determined by the water
ways, so is Its future supremacy as
sured by the same natural arteries.
There is no difference In principle or
purpose In an open river to Lewiston
than in an open river to the sea.
In both Instances railroads are in
operation, and in both instances the
waterway is the controlling influ
ence, if It is to tne interest of the
railroad to control the water level
route, it is immeasurably more to the
interest of Portland to see that the
water route itself is open and free.
The advantages, the necessity for the
use of the waterways is recognized
by all great railroad men.
Mr. James J. Hill, the greatest
railroad builder in America, was the
most prominent figure at the last
National Rivers and Harbors Con
gress and read an eloquent and con
vincing statement showing the ne
cessity for the improvement and in
creased use of natural highways.
Cheap transportation is the con
trolling factor in the development
and growth of a commercial city and
it is unthinkable that Portland, sit
uated as it is, at the mouth of the
great natural arteries of commerce
of the northwest, would abandon or I
neglect the advantages her position
gives her.
The platform on which all can and
should unite Is an open river from
Lewiston to the sea; 4 0 feet at the
mouth of the Columbia, a .corre
sponding depth to Portland; a free
Willamette. These are goals well
worth striving for. They are now in
sight and within reach, and when
realized, Portland' supremacy as
the greatest city of the northwest,
will be unquestioned.
So wake up and keep a-goin-!
Word to the failure of state author
ities to deepen and strengthen the
Erie canal, arid to the work of the
railroads in antagonizing canal de
velopment as a means of exacting
higher rates. The paper points out
that were the authorities alive to the
true situation, the work of increas
ing the efficacy of ihe Erie canal
would be prosecuted, not only by
day, but by the glare of electricity
at night.
The water ways are an agency for
changing the seat of empire. They
are a means of enlarging the happi
ness of the race. Portland and Ore
gon have their bent in the warning of
the world to New Yorkers. There is
no problem before our people on
which such consequences h'ang. The
vast empire of commerce developed
on the great lakes, with its myriad
ships, its millions of industrial op
eratives, its potentiality In wealth-
making, and its strengthening of
Montreal to th detriment of New
York is a sigti in the heavens that
the generations cannot help but read.
It was Peter White, a great factor
in the canal building that was the
creation of this empire, who ex
claimed at the semi-centennial cele
bration of the opening of the Sault
Ste. Marie canal: "This vast land
locked sea with Its tributaries is
free, and its freedom means these
infinite results the greatest ad
dition to freedom since freedom
came."
Now W. H. Tnft Is out of a lob, Rut
he Isn't like a man who can't get one.
A Wisconsin man was divested of
all his clothing by lightning, but was
otherwise uninjured until, as we sup
pose, tne poine ran mm in at tne in
stance of shocked bystanders.
Don't envy the vacationers overmuch;
they have lots of troubles of their own.
"Society" cjjmplains that the new
sheath gowns are too hot to wear In
summer because they must be flannel
lined to make them cling. In which di
lemma the use of flypaper has been
suggested.
a
A sheath gown Is 'Bald to have caused
a sensation at Coney Island, a sea bath
ing resort. Why It sbpuld or ikl Is not
explained.
BRYAN'S ELEMENTS OF STRENGTH
From th. Wall Street Journal
As a candidate for president In 1908,
William J. Bryan will occupy a differ
ent position before -th country from
that ho hold as a candidate, in 1898. He
was then a practically unknown tnah
who had gained his nomination by a
rhetorical and emotional speech deliv
ered before the Democratle convention.
Now, however. Mr. Bri'an Is one of, th
best-known men In the United States
and has, Indeed, a reputation that ex
lenns wnereyer ine English language 1
spoken.
He has three elements of strength
which he lacked In 18f. These are:
First, the fact that wblle In lfi!)8 he
ran ror president In a year of Industrial
depression occurring In a Democrat i
administration. Second, the fact, tha
be In recarded hv anmn radlcAl Renuh
llcans as more truly representing the
jxooseveii policies man ever rU Kepun
llcan opponent. Mr. Taft. who Is Rooks
vt'lfs own candidate. Third, the fact
that multitudes of neorlu In s.11 nana
of the country have come into personal
touch with Mr. Bryan In a way that has
increased public confidence In and re
gara ror .him. This Is the result very
argely of his addresses before religious
ina educational bodies.
It la nn stlffhr nrlvRnlnv a-hlih fr
Bryan possesses In. maklnar his candi
dacy this year In a time oflmslness de-
fresslon In a Republican administration,
t is a significant fact that there has
never been a nanlo In this eonntrv that
has not resulted in the overthrow of
the party In power at the next election
after the depression set In. As against
nis advantage, however, must be put
he fa(U ihat the people whev are most
eager to biame the administration for
the panic are tbe men In the financial
center. wMIe the great body of the peo-
ie npparenuy ao not blame Jtoosevelt
or It, hut rather hold Wall street re-
ponslble, and It is an undoubted fact,
s was demonstrated by the recent Chl-
ago convention, that Roosevelt's nodu
larity has not been diminished by rea
son of the panic.
While Mr. Bryan Is maklnar a. hid for
the vote of radical Republicans by pa-
ig tne ract that the Ia Follette
idments to the Republican Platform
ere voted down. It remains to be s-en
hether these radicals will desert their
party because the platform Is a little
uore conservative than they desired.
n this connection It Is Important to
remember that Senator I,a Follette has1
come out with a strong Indorsement of
Taft.
In estimating Il r. nrynn ' "'
the effect of his religious and ethical
addresses ought not to be overlooked.
Mr. Hryan has made a multitude of
friends In all parts of the country. In
Now York ns well as In the west, by
his work In behair or religious ouum-i.,
and especially by his services for the
missionary cause.
in hi. tour around the world Mr.
Rryan gave personal attention to the
Ute REALM
nri feminine
This Problem of the City.
N aptte of the long continued agita
tion In favor of the country as
opposed to the city as a residence
aflp: for bringing out the best that
Is In the character of men and wo
men, the fact is not to be escaped that
the cities are growing at the expense of
tha country.
Statistics are to be bad In almost any
I
missionary field. In China and japHn -"-- 7, , ' . ,
he name into personal contact with of the books on municipal problems
scores of American missionaries, and which are In' circulation, but It may be
upon his return to the east he freely sufficient to show the trend of the
gave to the missionary boards tbe bene- times to note that In cities of 8,000
fit of the knowledge he had obtained, population and qver the ratio of inhab-
and he has by his strong advocacy of Itants to the rural districts Increased
missionary effort Immensely advanced from 8.97 per cent at the beginning of
the work ot .all. the socle, tie. .. JUany the nineteenth century to 83 per cent
men who have heretofore looked upon Bt the beginning of the twentieth cen-
Mr. Bryan as a mere political agitator tury. ...
and demagogue have become Impressed This lnoxeaseWas not In America
by this phase of his life and now sound I alone, but Is shown In pearly the same
his praises. I proportion in uennany anu uiiiowimi
. " , a ' I less In amount, Jn France.
i , l nis lencency is iiirmini j many.
In the book riomplled by Mr, Bryan To philanthropists seeing the, over-con.
rrlend and hrlper, Richard Ii. Metcaire, gti,,,, 0f the cities and regretting the
entitled "The Real Bryan, an com- a(diton In numbers to these wretched
nosed In the main of extracts from Biarvlng people living at a dying rate,
Hi-viin'a Addresses Snd Writing;. thlS a,, n oil lnvrfl ef hllmnnltv urhnlnnw
side of Bryan's character Is brought I tl,e suffering, disease and privation to '
Into great prominence. A large number I wlilch the poor little children are born
of tbe selectlaps from the Bryan ea0n year In these over-populated
unuflmi and HrtlcleS are of a religions I nlat-aa a-hll tha hrrmd surface nf tha
and ethical character, and It Is only I green 'world lies unclaimed In so many
fair to aav that these, selections display nianea.
a true note of sympathy and a delicacy gut regret will not stop the over
of touch and a broad and catholic treat- j population of the cities, nor will argu
ment that are -greatly to Mr. Bryan's I ment avail to turn to the country the
credit. i thousand" who are being drawn In
His oratory Is so. entrancing, hl per-I every year. . .
soniil life so clean and his arguments sol
plausible that It is perhaps no wonner The chief reason why argument and
that he has a wide following. But the I regret and the appeal to sentiment will
fact that. In spite of these qualities, not stop the" congestion Is because It
multitudes of his fellow cltlsans die- lis not a matter of sentiment but of
trust him In his economic utterances Is I dollars. The Inventions which have
not to be put down lightly to self-ln-1 made -farm labor more expeditious have
t ere st. To a Wall street man who said sent men from the country to the city,
to Mr. Brvan that he had of teiv spoken I Inventions nearly all do this. Labor
both In praise and criticism of, him, Mr. is being lightened and made more ex
Bryan replied: pedltlous by means of machinery, while
"The praise came from your jieart; human beings are needed In fewer num-
thn criticism from vour position." bers to operate it.
In other words. Jie claims that those And as cities Increase and draw from
who oppose his views 1ft regard to bank- the country districts yearly a larger,
ing. railroads,-money and other kindred Proportion of the population, they be-
uestlons are actuated solely by their come Increasingly important economl-
pecuniary interests. This Is egotism cally. The number of the problems of
carried to the extreme.
All the "Interests" are said to be per
fectly sure that Tnft will be elected,
and so are feeling easy and are retain
ing a large stocK of business corrfi-
rienc&7 wnlcn is well ror. trie country,
whatever, happens in November.
That new Spanish royal kid Is not old
enough yet to know the sorrow that is
in store for htm when he will have to
wear his older brother's cast-off
clothes.
OKAY AND ARYAN.
T
Syracuse Journal: The mid-die name
of James Schoolcraft Sherman comes
from that of the man who deliberately
took the Indian legend of HWwatha.
which J. V. II. Clark of Onondonga dug
out, and gave no credit. L,nngteIlow
took the story from Schoolcraft and
transposed It west, but then he had a
poetic license.
Oregon Sidelights
Mont ex-saloon buildings are already
occupied.
Fire destroyed 100,000 feet of saw
logs near Kent.
An Athena man has received a little
Poland-China pic that came from Ark
ansas, a distance of about 2,000 miles.
J. C. Hayter lias sold The Dalles Ob
server to two men named Allpgod and
Collins. Allsood at least, ought to be
all right, if his name signifies anything
Can't you hear the toot? says the
Prinevllle Review. The Central Oregon
Railroad company lias been capitalized
at jMl.uno. and tlie stock- is ail sub
scribed for.
Th Freewatcr cannery Is now pack
ing six tons nf cherries a day, ana em
ploys 73 persons. Later twice that
number will be employed. The output
win reach j.uu.ooo.
R. Mahorwy went to Tillamook some
L years ago with about 115 In his
poi ki ts He recently sold a dairy ranch
there or s aires lor jx.ooo, and has
bought a 600-acre ranch in lane county
for :,o(0.
The Oregon Plan
From the Duluth. Minn., Herald.
The outcome of the "Oregon plan" of
bringing the selection of United States
senators close to the people has caused
some perturbation and alarm among
strong partisans, and no doubt the fact
that it will compel a Republican legis
lature to elect a Democratic senator or
refuse to abide by Its pledges to the
people will make Republican partisans
Ift states like Minnesota very reluctant
to take It up.
However, there Is one answer to all
the amazed protests of partisans that Is
vrops in Umatilla
the city which demand solution Is year
ly greater, and the problems themselves
are more complex. None of us can
afford to be Indifferent to them.
We are learning a new meaning In
these latter days of the terms wlilch
relate to our duty to our city, and
women are not less responsible and
not loss affected by these things
From the Pendjeton East Oregonia.
The excellept crops which are going I Rre
to be harvested In the light soil and than men are. True, the women do not
rirv lsnrt districts of Umatilla, pountv havB HO la' "e a volcB ln municipal af
dry land districts or umatuia count fa)r8 aa yet as thp mf,n haye but op
mis enr, pruve oeyona any question portunltles ore increasing lor using
the wisdom of the O. R. & N. aglta- what influence women have; axd
lion ror better farming methods. hlri the nnestlons of tha beautlfv-
If this land will produce crops with in of the dtv. and of maklner It a safe
as little rain as ha fcillen this season, place In which to bring up children are
ana,unaer tne oin metnoas or cuitiva- matters In which men will consult wit IT
lion, wniu win the same land an under their wives, and receive their impres-
IIU- Ul-Y 1HI11 I'UJ ( I Vttllllll. HZf BUYlf I n nn.
cated by the O. .R. & N. company? Women's clubs everywhere are occu-
uui 'iiiLit: ui me lunu lit ine ooriii-
I 1IUL ' III lie III LIIK l.lTIM III int. rilirill- I U I n.itl, t,A n.I.l.la trt a s T
aCsr fu,S,.c,XeTco"ntce "tK. Tfr STInl ftr" 7 !
is the obvious fact that If the Oregon ilv!U?1 this year with any Mew to dr out tne churches last winter in all the
legiTatue elects as1 senate the man a? li-veStV' Supposed 1Iar? 'tlCB th "r
chosen bv the people the neonle will . A b na nested. suppose the Josiah Strong s "Challenge to the City.
have haKr fllfand tha is' the ob- and' fruent culUvatioS toehold Men are reafllng auch booka.
icct of a Democratic fornrof govern- ft aturhad been'liVrTed out' Is ft?yTn regal to civic "problems 'an.
ment. The fact that members of one if nrt reasonable to sunnosn that the atIty, Jn regard to Pr""J?njs 8nlJ
party are required by this process to ILi"?' n ,Mve hiVaVESSS H?i municipal needs, as never before.
HASKELL VS. HOPKIXS.
I
T IS SAID that Governor Haskell
of Oklahoma will be chairman of
the committee on platform In tie
Denver convention. In the re
cent 'Republican convention that po
eltion vai filled by Senator Hopkins
of Illinois, Th contrast- between
these two men is somewhat typical of
th difference between the at' it tides
of the two parties, aa represented by
their present leading and controlling
men.. One is progressive, the other
reactionary. One stands for the
greatest roMible degree of liberty
and power for the people; the other
for the rule of machine and boeaei
who In torn are ruled by trusts,
monopolies' anil predatory Interest.
Hopkins baa been publicly accused
of baying bit sett in the a-nate. out
right partly with actual cash, 'and
ot course he It opposed lo the elec
tion of senators by tbe people, sad
ail other rtlorm measures, and thai
HE Gray boomers insist that It Is
Bryan and not he who should
take the Becond place on the
ticket, and claim thnt Gray" and
Bryan,. In that order, would carry
New York, New Jersey, Connecticut.
West Virginia, Ohio, Illrfiois - and
probably mopt of the gfrHt of thf
statps. But this Is only their say-so,
which Is not well supported W rea
son. If Gray would be strong whee
Bryan is weak, and for the same rea
son, why would he not be weak
where Bryan ie strong? For giving
Brvan second place would not dollk' 3
i. v.,:. . - ' ha i ' :
iiiuiw iu iu me BijpiuiJMimn or I v-r,l m
Bryan enthusiasts. Gray would
doubtless run better ln the Atlantic
states than Bryan, but If the nom
inee of the Denver convention Is to
win he must carry some western
states, and would Gray have any
chance of doing this? In a word.
Gray would not appeal to the pro
gressive element of the party; out
side of "the ranks of the conservative
Democrats his support would be
lukewarm, and far short of what is
required. "
Madras FMonoer: The plans for the
construct ion of a railroad from Slianiko
lo .Madras, and on to Bend and I'rlne
ville. are rapidly assuming form, and
ns the work of evolving a definite work
ins; p'an out of the transportation situ
ation in Crook county progresses the
hope grows that central Oregon's dream
of a railroad will be realized ln the
. ry near future.
A Vernonla man tells the HlHsboro
Argun that things are flourishing In the
Nchaiem valley. . year ago the road
distrl'-ts ln thai valley levied a 10-niill
lax for road purposes, with the result
that the peoplp i.ow have 30 ml!es of
K'mn roaa, mosuy graveied, from Ver
nonia to the Clatsop county lln.
Ine Washington county court has
r-':r-h.isel a ouatry consisting of a
biiite about fjO reel high at its apex,
with nn average h"g),l of aomelitlnr
feet, and 'ontains three and one
r-s. It Is In the midst of a
trMfi. nd is of basaltic
formation, ruid h-n blasted comes out
bri-ken up into about the right siie for
road work, so that a rock crusher will
not be necessary. ,
A I indred tons of the b-st RsvaJ
Am -rierrleii grnn In the Immediate
vtcinlti of Salem will be taken this
year by a Pan Francisco firm for bot
tling by the maraschino process, save
the Statesman and the same persons
iJ atsu puhae large quantities of
the flt.e blackberries, loranberrles and
rapberriea pnvl'jied here, thev to be
tis.-n m masirii fruit Juices and crushed
fruits for soda fountain beverages.
put Into office a man of another party
is not an argument against it. These
members of the legislature are public
servants, and it is their duty to heed
the public's wishes when they are ex
pressed so clearly as they were in this
case.
While this country Is not yet in a po
sition to do away with partv
government, party government will
always lead to evil unless it
Is checked by an alert and vigorous
spirit of independence. No partv has
ever yet nad inordinate power without
abusing It. It is to the abuses of par
tisanship that this country owes most
of the vexing problems that beset It
today, and partisanship offers the
strongest resistance to the correction
of these evils. The fathers formed a
government by the people, but control
of that government fell Into the hands
of the pafties. and until recent years
brought the direct nomination system,
the people had no control of parties.
They were controIledVby rines. machines
and boss's. These powers needetl money
to run campaigns with, and the big bus
iness interests contributed It. What
more natural than that these leaders,
interested in party and personal sur
cess more than ln their country's good,
should have manipulated the govern
ment ln the Interests of those who sup
plied the campaign funds?
The direct election ot t'nited States
senators, either through constitutional
pmenament or by some such plan as
Oregon has adopted. Is necessary ln or
der to get the control of government
away from party machines and into the
hands of the people. If the expression
of the popular wishes results ln defeat
lo the party ln power, it Is because
that party has deserved harm.
I ne more party mach nerv we destrov
by putting the cotitrol of elections di
rectly into the hands of the Deonle. the
better the nation will be served. De
stroying party machinery means no
harm to the partv: It means enod to It
because It Involves cleanslne out the
maggots of bosslsm that are fattening
in ine cnees-. i-eopie wno complain of
the destruction of parties bv direct
nomination and direct elections confuse
the real party with the corruDt nests of
parasites that get Into the nartv ma
chine. Breaking up these nests does
not harm the party; it purifies It.
The O. R. & N. freieht department
Is not an Idealist or a dreamer. It Is
manned by hard-headed, practical men
who watch conditions and results and
know that certain practices will bring
certain unfailing results."
When that department advocates
the Campbell system of dry land farm
ing. It knows that It Is on safe and
certain ground. It has seen the results
of this system In other sections similar
to the dry portions of Umatilla county
and it rensons, and correctly, too, that
like methods will brine like results
nere.
If the recommendations of the O. R.
& X. were carried out in full by Uma
tilla county farmers, especially those
in the light land sections, the traffic
from those sections of the county
could easily be doubled. And if the
diversified farming methods advocated
bv the O. R. & N. were pursued In
other sections, the products of those
sections would also be doubled.
The O. R. &-N. company owes it
to Its patrons,' the traveling public,
to build new station houses along Its
lines In Oregon, and of brick or
stone, and far more commodious and
comfortable buildings should be
erected. The example set by the
Oregon Short Line in this connection
Is well worth following. That line's
Station JKUSS In Idaho sre tilings !uttie hare the beat of tha one-crop
Moro rr,rvr Vountxtneera tell ns
that the huckleberry crop ln the Css
'ade nrr Is ) jst Immerse this year.
It is a pity that clean hand, can no I ha
found to rick this native Oreon dell-
ia-y. which is left almost vhollr an
nua!lr to rrbv Indians and arjuawa.
rio orr tnem on atlrkr blankets from
or-bckd pomes and pevidle them
out to be eaten by white folks.
1-s Grande Observer: We are going
to have an averea-e i-ereal crop In this
Taller. gome Individual fields are re
ported the best In veara. Thia la nnt
of the smvk where diversified In-
The Lesson of the Alfalfa.
From the Pendleton East Oregonlan.
There Is a lesson In two crest, luxu
riant, flourishing beautiful alfalfa
plants, growing on a high, dry. sun
burnt hillside near the High schoil
grounds In Pendleton, which should
knock all the pessimism out of thos-i
who look on these splendid specimens
in their forbidding- environment.
All about them the hot tun has
shriveled the "pig weed" and scalded
the life from the struggling dandelion.
The grass Is withered, the ra weed Is
slcklv and pale and suffocating dust
covers the ground. It is apparently
more than 100 feet to water and about
these two rugged, symmetrical plants
Is the waste and desolation of a sun
scorched hillside.
But there they stand, green, luxuri
ant, flourishing In spite of their sur
roundings. They are heedless of the
dry hillside, unmindful of the withered
"pig weed" and dandelion curled up In
early death. They do net wilt away
and waste their strength In the hot
sunshine. They are rooted deep In the
faith of life, firmly planted and Inde
pendent In their Inhospitable environ
ment and nothing checks their growth.
Tneir leaves are creen while all about
th-m Is the desolation of the hillside.
Here Is a lesson for-unhappy men and
omen. Here Is an Inspiration for
those who complain of their unfavorable
environment. .
Oregon Voters Becoming Wise.
From the McMlnnvllle Telephone
Register. The Oregonian appears to take-a great
delight In cussing the primary law, the
Initiative and referendum, and especially
the law lust passed compelling the leg
islature to affirm the will of the rjeonle
ln senatorial contests. It especially de
lights ln publishing nrttlclsms made by
eastern machine organs on Oregon's
modern laws. The Oregonian, like the
saloon Interests of the state, has not
as yet answered to the fact that the
Oregon voter has come to be a very In
dependent man. He is tired of machine
rule: tired of seeing his will thwarted:
tired of being betrayed into the hands
of the enemy; tired of being dictated
to. brow beaten, bullied and driven into
rank partylsm. The Oregon voter wants
no more of the Oregonlan's doctrine. It
has had Its time., It hax had It's say.
It has lined Its hest at- the voters' ex
pense too fiften. The worm has turned
and the Oregonian, Its criticisms. Its
sneers, or those of Its fellow machine
organs will not longer avail. Oregon's
voters have become too progressive In I
the art of modern self sovnrnment ,ii
ne turned aside by anything the Oregon
lan might say or do.
of beauty and comfort. The O. R. A
X. should be at up-to-date In giving
good accommodations to tbe travel
ing public as the Ebort Line. . Its
present station bulldiatt from Fort-
royntnee. Take one year with another,
old ft loir -rounrv .la mm of the banner
counties of t be northwest. We ka v
grain, fa'- t rler. augsr Heta, hay.
fruit, atork. ?atr;lng, lumber, mines
and- mufcoMng, raiload p Troll a.
n4 wmr thing ttat ur t&untiee
As siot pease,
Franrlnco Rodrijrties Aire's Birthday
Dr. Fmnclaco de Paula Rodrlgues
Alvea, who served as president of Praxll
mm lftAI a 16AS - - frwM y .. i - -
IMS at Guaretlngweta, n the state of
Fao Paulo He was graduated from the
I 'otti Podro II eollege In 1M and In
ISS received the degree cf doctor of
law at the College of 8ao Paulo. Short
ly after that he was elected to the state
legislature of Sao Paulo. After the
proclamation of the republic In 1M he
was elected representative, of his native
tate In the "rat federal aeaembly and
helped to frame th Brailllan constitu
tion. In be was appointed minis
ter of the traaar-r nnA in ill! wea
elected -federal eertator tnr fcta state.
Iter he era elected g'-nreror ot Sao
Paulo and was Koldlna thia office when
elected te the rrealde-ner. Or A Ith Is
one ff leaders ot the Republican-
I , , . u . a nvwrrin! aw , r -
e-natl-e. the opposing facUcA- being
tbe t oderai party. s -
-4
"Is It Not Hot!"
From the Chicago Poat
mere are several reasons why we
"feel tbe heat" so much on those' oc
casional days when the temperature
crawls above normal. The primary
uh is jiiai we are not accustomed
to warm weather. Secondly, we do
not know how to dress for Warm
weather; the art of cool clothes Is prac
tically unknown, at least to the men
here. Thirdly, we do not know how
to act for warm weather; we run on
high speed whatever the temperature.
Finally, we run the gamut from hot
coffee to Iced other thinsn. and won
der why we feel "all ln" when the day's
work Is done.
By way of postscript H may be
added that this Is good old summer
time when there are no blizzards- thnt
clothes are heating; that the weather
man uiks a lot about humidity and In
raci, mat at mis time or "the vesr
rising temperatures are the up-to-date
uiing.
This Date tn nistory.
1S0T Edward I of Ens-land died. Rarn
June 17. Z3.
l"9t Nicholas I of Russia born. Died
March 2. 155.
11 Richard Brtnsley Sheridan, fa
mous dramatist, died. ,
1M Commodore gloat of the t nlted
States navy bombarded and took posses
sion of the city of Monterey.
ISH Turks defeated th Russians at
Glurgevo. ,
1S Exerotrrm of - Payne - Atsrett.
Harrold and Mrs. Burratt. for complicity
la th assassination or f resident Un-i
coin.
I SH Marfta re of the Duke Of Tork 1
and Princess May of Tee.
1 Sfi& A third daughter wa horn to
the President and Mr. Cleveland t
Gray Gables.
And much is to he hoped from these
Indications. All over the country the
shibboleth of 'America the most beau
ful country," is being heard and taken
up. The larger cities are planning im
provements as never before. Every
wh,m nlnns for maklnar our cities live
able are in the air. Chicago Is buying
up her water front with the view of
preserving the blue line of I-ake Mich
igan as a priceless poon to ner citizens.
Detroit Is laying out parks and boul
evards. Philadelphia has made a steady
advance ln this line for many years,
and is spending more money for public
Improvements this year than ever he
fore. Even ln the far west Walla
Walla Is planning Improvements and
spending more money on fine streets
than ever before, and Seattle la ag
gressively, reaching out toward these
things.
Portland hopes to have a driveway
around Portland Heights, and even now
the members of the chamber of com
merce and other progressive citizens are
planning to engage a city architect and
have a uniform plan to work to.
What can the women ao to SelpT
Many things, the first of which Is to-
slt up and take notice. One phase of
the woman side of It may be seen ln
this little clipping from a Boston pa
per:
The clubwomen or Berkeley, cai., are
urging a special bond election to appro
priate $40,000 to clear tbe place of rats.
At a large Joint meeting of men ami
women held recently ln the chamber of
commerce the women had as much to
do and say as the men. A prominent
business man Is reported to nave said
that ln his opinion the cause of equal
suffrage has been advanced 60 per cent
In Berkeley since the women organized
to help the men to drive out the rata.
K R it
Cherry Olives.
ANOVEIj suggestion culled from
Wallace's Farmer is aa follows:
Anyone who is fond of olive
will like cherries put up, ln this way.
They make a fine relish for a meat
dinner and look very pretty ln a glass
dish by the side of the Thanksgiving
Turkey. Pick the cherries and leave
the stems on them. Use the scissors
and cut away one-half th length of
each stem. After washing them drain
them dry and pack into a Mason Jar as
closely as possible Without breaking
them Dissolve one tablespoonful of
salt In one pint of white wine vinegar
cold, and fill the Jar of uncooked cher
ries full and seal. The rule Is to be
sure and use the white wine vinegar,
though it might be safe to nae other
kinds.
tt It
Fruit Salad.
N the springtime fruit salads sre ex
ceedingly grateful to the appetite.
An excellent salad Is made by cut-'
ting oranges In hnlf and removing all
the pulp and also the tough white fibre.
Now mix with the chopped nranae puln ,
binanas. English walnuts, ani a small
bottle of Maraschino cherries, chopped.
Place this mixture In the orange shells,
snd put a teaspoonful of mayonnaise !
dressing on top. Serve on a bed of crisp '
lettupe leave. ;
H R R
Potato fialad. i
PEEL and boil six potatoes and set j
ajlde to cool. When cold cut Into
slice, mix with the. potatoes two.
orrrbrta'mlnced very small and a tab!?-
spoonful of minced paraley. Pour j
French dressing over the salad, toeatnr
and stirring (reetiy until the potatoes
become coated with the dressing. Set
l maT kU '
I
How to Rave Gas Bills.
Tb Good Thing wa discovered In
tbe bark yard kicking himself.
"Wbr this Btreauoslty T' asked on
of Ms iMMghbor.
"last week: I sent dollar In an
swer-te an advertisement offering a
method of Mvlng bill " aneweml
the d. Tj "and Jut received the
information."
"WellT qserlV'tn neighbor.
"It wa In the form of a printed lip.
dlrectln wio to paste them In a crap
book." re-plied tt'O victim aa he hreced
himself for aaUer aitk.-M.nld en tlf!4.i
TOMATO
- media
lomat
ln a cool place.
St tt St
Tomato Salad.
OMATO salad should ba dressed Im
mediately - before serving. Mis
toe with ey ciimber and
Hpnnlsh onions. Serve on lettuce lea re
with mayonnaise dressing.
, ' tt tt . .
The Pally Mcnm.
BREAKFAST. -etrawberrSc.
Cereal and cream
Kidney saute on toast. Coffe.
LUNOHF.OX.
Cheese fondu. 8aHtn an1 wlrho
Beet aaUd.
Jurket. Nut rike. Iced tea.
DINNER.
'Clam biaoie. Baked halibut
Strtrg bmn. Ittoce. French !-eang.
Tapioca ctatard. La.)r ea..
Eiack cof fee.