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Science Is for those who
learn; poetry for those who
,know. Fr Joseph Roux.
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THE DENVER PLATFORM.
T
HE platform adopted at Denver
Is on the whole one that should
appeal strongly to the people.
Though quite lengthy, there is
. but little or no buncombe In It. It
attacks the Republican party sharply
. on Its record and recent history, but
It Justifies its censure by a Btate-
raent of undeniable facts. It states
- the main, all-Including issue at the
. outset "shall the people rule"?
The government "is In the grip of
, those who make it a business asset
of the favor-seeking corporations; It
must become again a people's gov
, eminent." This Is rudeed the "over-
ehadowing issue." Roosevelt him-
self has seen this, and said bo, but
-.the Republican party has scornfully,
defiantly and contemptuously roject-
k ed every proposition made by Roose
velt looking to a .restoration of a
. people's government.
On subsidiary subjects the plat
i form takes Just about the position
" that the masses of people desire and
demand. It is throughout a people's
1 ; platforrn, rather than one to please
.certain great corporate and pluto
v cratlc Interests. On tariff revision
: we have a definite declaration, ln
- stead of a meaningless and insincere
promise. So In regard to railroad
. regulation, something specific Is de
: manded. Including the demand that
railroads shall not advance rates ex
ept by permlssloav of the Interstate
aatmit) arAa "iWrwYimf aalnn a m an an ra
Wiled In the last congress by the Re
publican leaders. Enlarged powers
of national and state commissions,
and complete power of states over
traffic within their several borders
are advocated. The platform favors
a' law guaranteeing bank deposits,
and a divorce of the currency sys
tem of the country from Wall street.
" After eulogizing American courts, a
' modification of the injunction law Is
t favored, so that injunctions should
. not be Issued in any cases in which
1 Injunctions would not issue if no In-
dustrial dispute were involved.
The platform declares for the
prosecution and punishment of trust
officers guilty of crimes, for an in
come tax, for labor's right to organ
'. Ize and unite, for postal" savings
banks, for a national health bureau;
for agricultural and mechanical edu
" : cation, for Internal development and
. the conservation of national re-
sources, for federal aid to postroads,
for the regulation of telegraph and
telephone rates, for an Immediate
declaration that the Philippines shall
r . be free as soon as fit for self-govern-j
ment, for- an adequate navy, and
v against ship subsidies.
In conclusion the platform de-
' clares that "the Democratic party is
tHe champion of equal rights and op
, portunitles to all; the Republican
I party Is the party of privilege and
"nrivate monopoly. The Democratic
5 narty listens to the voice of the
whole people and gauges progress by
the prosperity and advancement of
f the average man; the Republican
party is subservient to the compara
t ' tively few who are the beneficiaries
of government favoritism."
, The platform is not perfect, of
course; might have teen improved
perhaps; but as a whole It should be
rery satisfactory to real Democrats,
and to the common people generally, i
oriental labor, and restriction of in
junctions In labor cases to the same
luisls as In other cases; for the prohi
bition of the use of corporate funds
in campaigns, and the publication of
campaign funds, and their sources
and for a single presidential term.
Other thin?; that Bryan favors
might be mentioned, but these con
etltute a ruther "definite" list, a
Hod deal more, "definite" than has
ever been announced by Mr. Taft, or
than was promulgated by the con
vention that nominated him.
Beside. Mr. Hryan Is heartily in
favor of the initiative and referen
dum, in states, of increasing power
in the hands of the people, and their
Increased Intelligent activity in pub
lic affulrs. This, too, is rather "def
inite," when we see what has been
accomplished In Oregon.
If Mr. Dryan Is only an "oppor
tunist seeking votes," he nt least is
not afraid to tell the people what he
believes in and what ho thinks is
good for them.
IS THE GAME WORTH THE
FJ"Jl
HE LONDON SPECTATOR (that
It would seem might preach
to the same effect to Its own
government) has been dis
cussing "the Disillusionment of Ger
many," and the "growing disappoint
ment among the educated 'classes"
over the emperor's policy of national
greatness and splendor as exhibited
in colonial expansion and a great
army and navy. The Germans are
discovering thattaxes Increase and
Incomes decrease. It was recently
announced that during the next five
years the German government must
borrow $250,000,000, in addition to
higher taxes already, to exploit its
"glory."
This experience should be of In
terest to us, says the New York
Nation, which continues:
For a decade now the brass band has
been playing vigorously at Washington,
and people are beginning to (trow a lit
tle tired of the noise. It was Just 10
years ago last Friday that Dewey sailed
Into Manila bay; and our old men began
to dream dreams and our young men.
to see visions of oriental ci.uiu.uesl.
Politicians who find It easier to talk
than to think have been saying a great
deal about duty, destiny, the stars and
stripes, the guns of God, the floating
fortresses of freedom, our colonial em
pire, and world power. These are sonor
ous words. Just the thing for a perora
tion In congress and on the stump. They
will always provoke wild applause
among those people who worship gilt
buttons and regard a military parade as
the finest spectacle on earth. And what
Is much more to the point, this spread
eagle and Jingo oratory helps to get
generous appropriations for army and
navy. .Encouragement or genuine par
rlotlsm Is good so far.as it goes; but
encouragement of military display Is
far better, for that means money for
army contractors and builders of bat
tleships. Every well-Informed man Is
aware that this hurrahing over the
navy is largely factitious, worked tip In
congress and In the press by a lobby
of manufacturers. All this fine writing
and speaking about the hand of God
on the he.nrt of the republic Is a cal
culated assault on the treasury. In
1897 the combined expenditure of the
war and navy departments were tS5,
787.101; In 1907 the total was J222.
614,309.' That Increase of $136,82-7,208
has gone into somebody's pockets, and
that somebody Is naturally enthusiastic
for the old flag and an appropriation.
But what does the average work
ing, taxpaying common citizen get
out of all this expenditure?' The
rank and file foot the bills; what
equivalent is rendered to them? The
cost of living for all the people is
plunged into the primeval wilderness
and set"about to conquer It was
leader -In a majestic movement. The
man who HIIh, sows and reaps a
harvest Is constantly In the presence
of tire masterful conception of why
this seed germinates, and of how ma
jestic Is nature. The man who plants
the apple tree, trains It, rears it,
changes Its fruitage by grafting and
plucks Its product is face to face
with the mighty thought of the rea
sons and results of the process. No
meanness, wickedness or dishonesty
Is learned from these workings of
nature.
The highest and purest concep
tions of life are In these forms, and
It Is out of such environments that
Oregon citizenship came Into exist
ence. It Is the secret of why the
ballot box from the rural, districts
Invariably sends out a patriotic ver
dict. The play of passion and the
corruptive effects of temptation aro
largely absent there. The common
desire Is for purity and fidelity In
public nffalrs. It will become more
markedly so' and the ballot box ver
dict become more and more safe
and sane, for the rural phone, the'
rural mall delivery, the daily news
paper, the magazine, the developed
common school nnd larger partici
pation in public affairs are adding
more and more to the general stock
of information and intelligence.
It Is the explanation of why near
ly 55,000 voters Joined in a ballot
revolution nnd enncted the primary
law after a legislature had refused
it, nnd whv nearly 70,000 ballots
were cast in t ho late election for
compulsory Stntement No. 1. It Is
the explanation of why, after the cor
rupt practices law had been voted
down by the legislature, that an ava
lanche of the people's ballots enact
ed it. into the sovereign law. The
moral and civic purpose of these
people, and the motives that sway
them' are so high, and their manifes
tation so plain and so marked that It
Is impossible to misunderstand them.
and those who howl like hyenas on
the hills of Jericho against this In
evitable situation, are simply baying
at the moon. The people are right,
they will stay right, and all the
yelps of the disgruntled and disap
pointed bosses are like the squeak
of the burrowing moles when the
mighty earthquake shakes and rends
their holes In the ground.
Small CHange
Hobson
sanca.
has become a national nut
The summer man Is as big a chump
as ever
aa comfortable In town
it 'a n ho ut
as anywhere.
There la to he a big Taft rally. - All
who wunt office com'.
Denver end the I emocrati each
treated llie other very well.
Now we ore to have canned political
speeches. And warranted sterilised, we
hope.
Mr. Brynn will stand the great ur-
prlo of his nomination ijulte well, no
doubt.
Perhaps Mr. Ilnlman becama rather
tired or that cheering ror over an nour
for Hrvnn.
A maea;-.lne haa an article on "How
to Know Mad Dogs." But who want
to know them?
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The Democratic convention did itaelf
anti-Mormon mania.
rtryan and Parker is another combi
nation that nobody aeema to have
ttuajgnt of proposing.
The 'Vail of the Wild" may well be
attractive to Roosevelt when ther la
JIUO.OOO or more In It.
Judging from advance reports, the
plstfoim committee needed a member
who Had some facility of expression.
Don't fret If yrtu Can't afford to take
a vacation; manv people who do will
wish afterward that they couldn't have.
Already "conle nre heard of who re
gard Taft as a monstrous "infidel" be
cause he Is not orthodox but a uni
tarian.
A RAILROAD ACROSS THF MEXI
CAN ISTHMUS
Wonders will never cease; the mayor
i to be
Several
and council seem to be getting quite
vetoes nave
friendly lately
been sustained.
Peary managed to get enough money
to begin his dash for the pole, but ha
will doubtless have to como back after
more in a year or two.
Why, of course the Denver conven
tion cneered Hrvan longer than the Chi
cago convention did Roosevelt. Who
cheers last cheers longest.
,
Since Caesar desired fat men, either
Taft or Hrvan would have suited him
very well, but as between the two he
would have voted for Taft.
As between Murtiliv and McCarren.
the Denver convention had little choice.
If It had kicked out both delegations it
would not have gone far wrong.
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The New York World continues to
point back to I'.'nO to show how badly
Bryan was beaten. But it skips 1904;
never mentions that year at all.
J. R. Macrae, in the Pacific Marine
Review, writes Interestingly of the Te
huantepec National railway across the
Isthmus. Mr. Macrae dwelU on the
iwinues at .sal Ina urua, tha Pacific
terminal of the new railroad, for the
' uirmaicn or lurgo curgo steamers
particularly the vessels of tho Amerl-
can-llawmilun lino. The communication
is as ioiiowh:
1 have Just returned from u trip
Halloa Crux and hud an ni,mln,, in
going over the ltsliinlan railway us far
as luncon Antonio, which Is on the
neigni or land txrtween tho Pacific and
thO Gulf Of Mexico. I will iwrv min'li
truck with the manner In which tho
railroad is built and operated. The
railroad is most HOlldly constructed with
80-pound rails and a heavv 1,h1iiuIh,1
roadbed, steel bridges, masonry anil c-
tnent culverts and abutments. "The road
bed Is oiled, principally in order to keep
win Kruwin or iron en van at nn
and I also noticed that the locomotives
are on burners. I understand the com
pany owns their own nil ril,iu m
point not far from the railroad on the
Atlantic slope, and consnnuentl v tha
met prooiem Is solved for them. I am
ioia me cominnnv Is erectlnir an nil r-
had no ODDOrtunlf V of MMttlnir thin mv.
uii. ine power in tne company s shops
and roundhouses is generated bv oil
fuel, and the eaulnment generally Is of
the very highest class. Including all the
usual claSHes of freight, passenger, bag
gage and mall cars. I noticed that the
locomotives have electric searchllirhta.
and everything eems to be thoroughly
up to dnte. One peculiarity about the
freight cars Is that many of them have
hatches In the roof, which enable thnm
to be loaded and discharged direct from
the steamer.
Next year the Jetty at the month
of the Columbia river will be com
pleted, arid If Colonel Itoessler'B rec
ommendations are adopted the
dredge Chinook: will have done a lot
of good work In deepening the chan
nel, so that a minimum depth of 28
feet may be expected over the bar by
the fall of 1909. This will be a
great gain, a very valuable advance,
but Portland In the meantime must
do a good many other things in the
way of improvement and develop
ment. It must act In different direc
tions, and constantly, and energetic
ally, for now and the next two or
three years are a pregnant time In
the destiny of this city.
Rabbi Koch's prayer at Denver
Thursday was also a gem. Here are
some sentences: "Great God, weak
ness Is arrogant, but strength is
modest. A glorious past confers no
present moral Hen on future great
ness. In every present moment a
nation must vindicate Its right to
live. Vouchsafe, O God, that we who
are in convention assembled may ap
preciate that nobje action is the
greatest praise we, can offer thee.
Long after the delegates here shall
With Murphys and Sulllvans nnd a lot
of other owners of Irish names in the
Ienver convention, one couldn't expect
It to pass off without a few pleasant
nghts. m
Bryan said a year cr two ago that
tfn of the Republicans
Democrats but didn
know It. But he hopes that they will
recognize the fact next fall.
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Tlntil aava fVint Melie Isn't fit tO fc
a stenfather to young children. No
doubt BonI Is right, but he certainly
isn't any more fit to have tho oustody
of children The boys should be sent
to an orphan home.
Oregon Sidelights
At Sallna Crua and Puerto Mexico
(Coatstacoulcos) each steamer's berth Is
furnished with four electrlo cranes of
very large radius, and this makes dis
charge rapid and economical. 1 noticed
the Hawaiian-American steamer Texan
discharging sugar at Sallna Crus;.
There are three lines of rails parallel to
the steamer, between the steamer and
tha warehouse, and consequently they
were able to load three trains simulta
neously. I am told they discharge from'
2,000 to 3.000 tons of sugar per work
ing day of 10 hours, and I can readily
believe It. The wharves and warehouses
at Sallna Cruz are of the most masslvo
construction, concrete nnd steel, and I
have never seen warehouses which were
so clean anij. light as those at this port.
Tha ultimate Intention Is to have six
berths, each long enough to take the
largest steamers on the Paclflo and
amen enulnned with four electric, cranes
At present, however, only one arm of
the wnarr is complete, wun inree Derma
and three warehouses. The other arm
of the harbor has only one berth com
Slete, but second and third berths are
elng built, and will be completed before
long.
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The company is at present sustain
ing a serious delay through the capsla
lne- of their powerful dredger, the Gen
eial Diaz, at Sallna Cruz. Tho dry
dock, which is,- 1 think, the largest on
the Pacific coast, being about 610 feet
on the floor, 89 feet in win in ana Si
foot on the sill. Is practically complete,
gates and all, but owing to the capsiz
ing of tho dredger General iJlag Is not
yet connected wltl) tne narDor. xnis,
however, la onlv a matter of short time.
and when this ia finished the port of
8a na Cruz will be the most compact
and completely equipped port on tho
I'aclfic ocean.
The outer harbor Is inclosed by two
K-leantlc breakwaters, having en open
Inn of 630 feet, and Inclosing an area
of about 160 acres, so that here is ample
accommodation for al the shipping
likely to require accommodation at a
Una Cruz for some time to come. It
will be readily possible to double the
accommodation at Sallna Cruz by build
ing warehouses on the inner slue or the
Inner harnor, ana no aouot mis win ne
done as soon as it is required.
The Tehuantepec National railway,
or, as It Is officially called. Campania
de Kerrocarrll Naclonal de Tehuantepec,
will, without doubt, prove a serious
rival to the Panama canal, as the Te
huantepec railway will have an estab
lished trnile long beiore tne .Panama
canal is completed, and It is easier to
establish a trade route ithan to divert
one already established. Between New
1 ork and North. J'aciric coast points
there is a saving of five days in steam
ing time In favor of the Tehuantepec
National railway, and probably the
time occupied in transfer across the
railway will not greatly exceed the time
required by steamers to pass through
the Panama canal. I was Informed that
the railroad handled 600.000 tons of
argo last year and Is prepared to han
dle over 2,000,000 tons this year, and
Its capacity can be still further in
creased by double tracking should that
De required in tne ruture.
I consider the Tahuantepeo National
railway Is a very important factor In
the transportation question of the North
Pacific and a factor which will fncrens
lngly make Itself felt as time goes on.
REALM
FEMININE
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rendered higher by this vast and : have been gathered to their fathers,
apparently useless expenditure, which the truths they helped to proclaim
f
t
is to go on Increasing year by year;
poor people have less for necessaries.
for education, for recreation, for a
rainy day surplus; and how are they
benefited?
If this increase of about $137,
000,000 a year over the expendi
tures for army and navy 10 years
ago had been spent on river and
harbor improvement, on inland can
als, on good roads, on experiments
and efforts to cause people to get
rid of and avoid disease, then the
common people would have some
thing to show for their money
more products, cheaper freights,
more industries, more people em
ployed, gTeater prosperity, but what
proportion of people has been bene-
J'
And they know that the man nom- (jN by maintaining an army and
lnated stand9 squarely on the plat
form and means what he says in say
lng so.
IS BUY AX INDEFINITE?
"B
EHIND the movement for
Bryan," says the Oregonlan,
"there are no definite pur-
, poses or prlnrjji!. Brvan
is an opportunist, seeking votes";
and It goes on to argue that while
: Bijan stood for aometliliig definite
In 1S96, be stands for nothing def
Inlte now.
Let us see. Regardless of what
the platform may say, everybody
' knows that Bryan stands definitely.
for aa Immediate revision of the
tariff, putting trust-made foods on
the fre-a lift and reducing schedules
reneralTy; lor a parcels poet and poa-
tal sarins- basks; for aa income tax
and aa Inheritance tax; for the
breatlnc lip of law-sustained monop
olies; for strict control by both state
and Ballon of railroads; for official
ral nation of railroad property and
appressloa of stock-waterlcg; for t
guarantee of bank deposits, and ls
susGce of emergency currency by the
gjTroment itself; for election of
Hr.itcn by direct rote of the people;
. fr a a. alght-boar labor day. aa sss
ikjcrt' l.iMIity law, xclusioa of
building war vessels that become ob
solete almost as soon as completed?
shall live."
What the merits of the Guffey
delegation dispute are cannot be ac
curately determined at this distance.
It may be that") the Guffey delegates
had the better technical right to the
seats. But the majority of the com
mittee knew that Colonel Guffey,
while nominally a Democrat, is not
really so at all, but a Pennsylvania
Republican, as to his opinions and at
titude on thp leading issues of the
time. Pesides, It was shown that his
delegates were elected by Republican
votes. .
The Republican convention de
clared for " "reasonable profits" for
the protected Interests. But, as ex
Governor Douglas pertinently asks,
what are "reasonable profits"? Fifty
Of course there are some bone- per cent? .Millions or proms tor
fits or partial compensations. The ! each big trust? Who will determine
money gets bark into circulation j what are "reasonable profits"? The
somewhere, somehow, though few of , very leaders in congress, o course,
the poorer taipavers get any of it, 1 who are in the service of the trusts;
and we can feel some thrills of pride ! that Is, the trusts themselves.
on seeing a fleet of magnificent bat
tleships; their voyage around the
world Is something that we are fain
to look upon with a hurrahing dls
position; yet when
July sentiment has sobered down
and the plain, workaday road lies
before us, may we not well ask"
whether all this army and navy ex
penditure pays. Is the game worth
so expensive a candle?
THE CmZENKHIP OF OREGON.
It is the Denver convention that
declares for the Roosevelt policies,
but we suppose the president will
the Fourth of to Taft. But except for ills
personal affection ror his big secre
tary, It may be turmfsed that he
would not regret Bryan's election.
AS OREGON an unusually excel
lent citizenship? Governor
Chamberlain said so In bV
address on the Fourth at
Sheridan. To the old pioneers who
laid the foundation for It. he ascribed
large credit for the high civic Ideals
of this people. That his conclusion
Is correct is very true. Man learnt
no evils from satare. The woods
and rivers and flowers and birds are
aa ageaxy of vplift. The mat who
crosse4 - tie plains by ox tcasn.
Horn' luck to the borers for oil In
Oregon; may they all strilfe it rich,
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nn.har "HnoRter" Jim Zurch
ny onnrta rofflvllllT 4 5 letters in this
morning's mall from all parts of the
irnr ncUflnir mr 1 n lOrillo 1 ttuuui
Douglas county.
Tho iional vlpld of the Jacksonville to-
kav In full bearing is four to five Ions
per acre other commercial varieties
nhnnr the same, says the fost. ine
net return is from $250 to $360 per
acre annually.
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An Astoria merchant placed In his
n.nrlmr fnr Rfl . P. hUTlf BOIlie DTOnZC
clock that he valued at J!0 and placed
on it a placard saying Shat Its price
would be reduced one nonar a oay un
til sold. Gradually It began to attract
attention until a number or people nc
pan watching it. anil as tne price grew
lower they wanted it. and Andrew ui
son got it lor -'..
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An R-nound Kkvrocket sent up In Ku-
gene carno down and penetrated the
inch boards that covered a wheelbar
row. The head f the rocket was two
Inches in diameter and was almost two
feet long, and istruck the board with a
jar like that or a Klengo nammrr uou
made a great dent In it. Had it hU a
man or an animal It would have caused
Instant death.
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Albany Democrat: Rents are about
60 per cent higher in Corvallls than in
Albany, without the business in the city
to .lUHtlfy the difference. In fact, Al
bany has manv more pay rolls nnd at
least 1 5(i0 more people, without count
lng the O. A. C. students, but more
new residences aVe going up there now
t!ian here and real entat prices ate
hle-her Corvallls Is having a Doom.
That's about the size of it, and Is be
coming a good town.
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The Palem Statesman quite correctly
says: The Oregon cleetric Is very con
venient. It is welcome. nut ire real
erood to Salem will crime from the con
struction of the lines that will bring
business to this city from the north,
south, east nnd west. Salem business
men nnd property holders ran afford to
put up enough money to Induce the con
struction of such lines. It would be
the very best ktnd of an Investment that
could be made.
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East Oreponlan: It is worth l!S 400.
the amount which Pendleton saloons
would have contributed to the citv dur
ing the nct vear tn licenses, to know
that for six dfivs there has not been a
drunken man on the streets of the city
and rot a solir-iry drunken tnmnte in
the cltv 1ail. This Is nn advertisement
that should attrnrf a lot of those peo
ple who have snld they were looking
for a drv town In whlrh to buy a home
and educate their children.
I.akevl-w Herald: Eight passengers
came In on the western stage Monday
morning, nnd had difficulty fin ling
Sleeping ap:.rtment s. I,akevlew la fill
ing up. During the past few months
all stJiares have broua-Tit strangers, who
have come here lookine for homes an'l
.1 rhnnee to Invest Riorey. Few have
gone aw."y. for the greater number of
them helr.p more than pleased with the
They Have! They Have!
From the Grand Forks, N. D., Herald.
The Oregon general election, which
was held- the first Tuesday in June, re
sulted in a curious situation. The state
Is Republican by a large majority and
yet, if the verdict of the people at the
tells is followed. It will be represented
in the senate by a Democrat after the
expiration of tho term of the present
incumbent. Senator Fulton. Oregon has
the direct primary, and at the recent
frlmarles the Republicans chose as
heir candidate Mr. Cake, defeating for
the nomination Senator Fulton. The
Democrats chose as their candidate
Governor Chamberlain, and the contest
at the general election was between
those two. While the Republican state
ticket was .elected by gooil majorities,
Chamberlain defeated his opponent, and
he stands forth as the selection of the
people of Oregon as their choice for
United States senator.
As is generally understood, the sen
ators in any state are elected by the
state legislatures, provisions for this
being made in the federal constitution
and statutes, and these are beyond the
power of the state to change. Rut
tho people of Oregon, as in many other
states, have adopted a plan which comes
as near to the direct popular election of
eenatois as is possible under our con
stitutlon. This Is the plan of selecting
by direct vcte the man desired by the
people for senator, and this selection is
supposed 'to lie formally ratified by the
legislature. As a further safeguard pro
vision is made whereby candidates for
the legislature may state whether thev
will or will not abide by the verdict of
the people at the polls, or the legis
lators elected 48 have signed the pledge
to vote for the person chosen by the
people. Forty-six votes are required to
elect, hence If the pledges are followed
Governor Chamberlain will be elected.
Naturally there will be a great out
cry over the election of a Democrat
from a Republican state. The result
will be charged up to the primary
law. It has happened occasionally that
Democrats have been elected to th sen
ate bv Republican legislatures, but let
that pass. The people of Oregon had
nn opportunity to say Whom thev
wanted for senator. If they preferred
Chamberlain to his opponent, whose
business Is it Have they not a right
to tnelr choice?
Deaths From Scarlet Fever.
Now that smallpox, thanks to com
pulsory vaccination, has become a rarity
Oh.
Betsy Ross,
say, can you see by the dawn's early
light
Whom so proudly we hailed by the
twingtits last gleaming:
An Impudent vandal would crush her
I ram sight
And say her pretensions wars folly
and dreaming.
He hints that she knew not a five-
pointed star
And tells us she never designed our
Old fJlnrv.
Tha confab with Washington, too, he
won in par
As a short and an ugly, a fib and a
story.
Our Betsy, he says, was a seamstreas.
no more
Incapable emits of a patriot's feeling:
A mender of shirts for the soldiers
galore.
And never a trace of th genius revealing.
Yet Betsy, we wager, will live through
ine jeers
And not an attack on her luster will
fade It:
Old Glory will wave for the steel of Its
years.
The swords that upheld and the needle
that made It. -
New Tork 8un.
The New York machine Democrats
j ., ni.artinp mnd npver did outlook I'roj.ertv has been changing
don t care a picajune ana never aia, ,iRm rrlr,. 'f(lr r(-ai estate have ma.
atX)Ut tne suceess in lue pany uia-
tionally, but only to reap the rich
spoils of control In the ctty.
Blind Senator Gore touched It off
prematurely, perhaps to the disap
pointment of Delegate Dunn of Ne
braska, but perhaps Gore may plead
that he could not see that It was a
hair-trigger affair.
Writirg from Weimar. Consul Will
U. bnwrl aaya that Erfurt, a thriving
rommarrlal city t southern PrutH.
with mora tha a ias.ee In habitant a. is
atvewa throughout German t aa the
fkiva city It )& a. world-m ld rep-
tat lor, for flower as4 farm seanls avud
ftiaita
terlatlv advanced, but even the present
sehdi)le la bel.iw the rates that will
obtdin before many days.
a a
Corvallls Times Here is a case of
Interest: There Is no mother In the
family. Pbe d;ed not manv months airo.
Ttere are seven little children The
father hns been absolutely unable after
many trlala to get a housekeeper. He
Is a busy man on amount of the exi
gencies of earning n llvlnr How much
the Ittt'e ones needed tre attention of
moman a hands may le Imagined. Three
henen'ent IadVa called the other day
and offered assistance The father tojd
hia story ef inability to et help, amid
tara Sosp and water, clean rarmenta,
clean underclothing provided by the la-Air-m
and new drsea purchased by the
father transformed the appearanra of
trie ntetnerle little ones into a group
t leasing to Wik npeti. Provision haa
ta maj for better conditions.
Flnley Plpter Dunne's Birthday.
Flnley Peter Dunne, who Is widely
known to fame as the creator of tha
Mr. Ponley" stories. was born In Chi
cago July 10. 18H7. and received his
education In the public schools of that
Ity. In 18S5 hp started his career as
newspaper reporter and during the
next decade he filled responsible posi
tions on several of the leading news
papers In the western metropolis. While
an editorial writer on the Chicago Kven-
ng rest ne nrst inTrrMiuced to the rub-
He his now famous phollsopher. "Mr.
Dooley of the Archey Road." From If 97
to 1S99 Mr Dunne was managing editor
of the Chlcagi.Iournnl. Since 190" he
reside,) the most of the time In New
ork City and haa devoted himself to
literary and magazine work. Many of
his humorous articles have been col
lected Into volumes and have met with
popularity In England as well as in
America.
In clvlliaed communities, scarlet fever
steps forward as the worst of the
eruptive diseases of childhood.
It Is a malady of enormous antiquity
Thucydides. writing nearly five hundred
years before the beginning of our era,
called It a heritage from the remote
fiast. It has scourged the white races
n all ages and all countries, and the
physicians of all schools have leveled
their heaviest artlllfry upon It, says
Dr. Deonard K. Hirshberg In tho Au
gust Delineator. Yet it remains a puz
zle unsolved and an enemy uncon-quere.-l.
even today. We are In doubt as
to Its cause, and there is no drug or
antitoxin that will cure It.
Hut despite all this, the death rat
from ftcarlet fever Is steadily declining,
and we may expect It to decline more
and more as tne years go by. The rea
son for this, I take it, lies In tho fact
that the modern doctor Is a great deal
more sparing with pills and powders
than hie predecossor, and a great deal
more lavish with water, air and anti
septics. In the old days it was cus
tomary to dose scarlet fever patients
with all sorts of violent remedies. In
staggering quantities, and as a result,
many of them died. Today medicines
are but minor auxiliaries In the sick
room, and both doctor and nurse de
vote their main energies to preventing;
a apread of the Infection.
Only One New Official.
From the Pendleton East Oregonlan.
Had you thought of the fact that
there was but one "new" official In
ducted Into office on July 1. the be
ginning of tho official year? With
the exception of Representative 1. I..
Mann, all of the officials were old
officials re-elected for the setjond.
third or fourth term.
In the l ma tula-Morrow county leg
islative district, T. J. Mahoney took
office as joint representative, but
Representative Mann was the only ab
solutely new official in l mntllla
county.
This- is a unique record for the coun
ty and perhaps stands unequaled in
ea.tern Oregon.
Among tho second termers now serv
ing In I matllla county are District At
torney G. W. Phelps, County Treasurer
Bradley, Recorder Henuley, Coroner
bolsom, hupi rlntendent Frank K. Welles
and Representative Barrett. .
ine tlitril-terniers are commissioner
Horace Walker. County Clerk Frank
Sallng an'l Assessor C. P. Strain. Sher
iff Taylor Is now serving his fourth
term and the lord only knows Jiow
long J. W. Klmbrell has been county
surveyor of Umatalla county.
Triumph of the People.
From the Enterprise News-Kecnrd.
The second analysis of the vote in
Oregon on the 19 Initiative and refer
endum measures by eastern papers
especially the national weeklies and
magazines such as Colliers', the Out
look and others of that class, Is very
favorable both to the system and to
the voting by the Oregon electorate.
The first criticisms were mainly based
on reports and comments in such hos
tile Oregon 'papers as the Oregonlan.
Now that the eastern editors are re
viewing the election from the official
returns the tune haa changed from
sneers to praise.
The June election was not only a
great triumph for the Initiative and
referendum, hut a greater one for de
mocracy compared to repreaentati ve
government Any unbiased man who
knows of the work of the legislatures
will testirv that the vote or the people
showed more careful study and dis
crimination than the product turned out
In state capitals.
Vacation Thoughts.
3U ars planning' a vacation, no
doubt, and If It Is half as fair
as your dreams it will be a won
derful vacation, a time of full-
hearted joy, a dream of peace, a
blissful respite afront all the nagging
worries of the dally life. And yet tha
vacation joke Is always with us, a per
tinent reminder that too often vacation
times are the hardest times of the
year, requiring the moat arduous labor,
and as pursuits, the least rewarded.
The trouble with so many of us Is that
we do not adnpt our vision to our cir
cumstances. We build our air castles
too high, set them too loftily, bedeck
them too gorgeously. In spite of our
many dlsencbantmenta ws cannot learn
to plan our air castles on the bungalow
type, all on the ground floor, supported
by solidarity. But then, some one ob
jects, they wouldn't be air castles at
all. merely ground castles.
Well, call it what you will, th fact
remains that we shall enjoy our vaca
tion more If we plan It somewhat as
it is likely to happen, and If ws set off
for It with a sense of actuality. Thta
little suggestion to the girl or tha
t'ourior man wkn vatila tn o-e t thA roll
Joy out of the week or fortnight de
serve it. Work for It beforehand. Show
them that they need you and so pre-
Jiare them to be glad when you get back.
on t allow the thoughts of those clear.
deep pools where the trout hide, or of
those sunlit sands where you will watcti
the heaving ocean, steal away precious
minutes for which your employer Is
paying you. Not merely because he
might find out that he could do with
out you. although that in Itself is un
fortunate, but because It Is not honest
to take pay for what you do not do.
Then even If you are tho man of af
fairs, this suggestion about your vaca
tion: Don't shut your wife out of it
under the Impression that she has not
worked hard and doesn't need it. If
you could live her life for a month you
would know that her manifold duties,
distractions, worries, the Interruptions
that come in the busiest times, the car
of tho children and the unceasing
monotony of toil, Is really much harder
than your smooth running office work.
with clerks and stenographers busy and
attentive, and with the pleasant variety
each Jay of meeting old friends and ex
changing opinions on topics of the day.
A -man has to take tho responsibilities?
So ha does, but very often, and you
know it in your heart of hearts, Mis
ter Man, after yon havo laid the bur
den of them upon your wife's heart at
nlBht, yo:i see them less onurously
through the day, and you take your llt-
May
This Date in History.
1B0 John Calvin born. Died
17. 154
1T7 The statue of King Oeorga in
Bowling Oreen. New Tors, destroyed.
1T?2 George M lall. eleventh vice
president of the t'nlted States, horn In
Philadelphia. Died there December II.
14
1 M Vice-President Millard. FITlmora
asaurhed tha prealdency of tha United
States.
171 Communist rising In Ppaln.
leal Chilians defeated tha Peruvi
ana wltn great loas at Hnamachuc.
10 Wyoming territory tweams a
state
1 a General Xlcola Plerola alected
oreatdent of Pern.
1(1 Mine disaster at Johnstown,!
Pa-, resulted In loss of 114 lives.
Shine Just Where You Are.
Don't waste your time in longing
For I'right. impossible things;
Don't sit supinely yearning
For the swiftness of angel wlrgs;
Don't spurn to he a rushlight.
Because you are not a atar:
But-brighten some bit of darkness
By shining Just where you are.
There Is need of the tiniest candlo
As well as tha garrlsh sun;
The humblest deed la ennobled
When it Is worthily done;
Tou may never b called to brighten
The darkened regions afar;
So fill, for the day. your mlaalon
By shining Juat whera you are.
Make all good men your well-wishers,
and then in years', steady sifting.
Some of them turn into friends. Friends
are the sunshine of life.
John Hay.
Keen a Ooin. 1 hour.
From ths Pendleton "East Oregorlan.
Iee Teuteeh returned . Monday from
Portland, where r.e haa fT?s. for the
past few weeks The metropola IS
building up at a rapid rata and Mr.
leutsch is enthusiastic over the pros
perta ahvtd of it. Everything ma to
t cnmbtclrg to make Portland tha
largest and beat city cm tho I'aclfic
roast.
tie recreations and diversions, whils
she pondering these things and weighed
down by thum, aiur the manner or
women, denies herself, skimps and
saves and wishes that she might do
morn to help you.
And you. mother, wife and house
keeper, when you plan your vacation,
do not. If you v(i!ue your pcai e o
mind, your health or the good opinion
of your friends, don't plan to mako a
show, to eclipse somebody, to appear
what you are not. It Is tho most futilo
as well as tho most foolish of labors,
for von do not really fool people a
bit. The world knows gold from pyrites,
wheat from chnff. character from seom-
Ling. The only persrfn you fool is your-
seir. 'i lie- wearing or netter ciotnes
than you can afford, i tho lamentations
over the maid who wouldn't come
the coast (when you hailn t one and the
neighbors know It), the regrets that
Mr. Jones Cthls kind always calls h
husband mister) has to return so soot
"this year." when the family Income
never permitted a longer stay these
things are worse than foolish. They
are the shoddy that only makes more
clear the lack of real wool. They are
the revealment of "the yellow streak"
which cannot bear to stand in tho full
light of truth. They are the scorn of
all honest men and women nnd betray
a woeful lack of principle as well as a
snobbishness that worships money for
Its own sake, that forever bars cant
from right.
You cannot enjoy a vacation on the.s
grounds. Tho only way in which you
shall have any good out of It is to bo
what you are and to seem that which
is entirely true. The best people aro
ever serene, honest, clean and healthily
minded. They do not pretend, do not
want to seem "stylish," do not boast.
Thev depend upon nothing but clear,
simple worth te win them friends, or
to make for them position. If you can
not be real you cannot be of them.
And so go upon your vacation with
these simple truths In your heart. Dare
to live simply, to wear your old clothes,
to read the old dear books that you
love Instead of some cheap trash. Dare
to get close to the heart of nature and
learn of her that it Is onlv worth that
counts. All the rest Is dross.
And so come back again heartily
glad that you are needed; that you are
one cog In the big mill of business or
of home-keeping, and that your place
Is waiting far you. And so, settle
down for another year's pull.
" St . R
Women in the Saddle.
IIY should not wmen look orna
mental in the saddle? The ques
tion Is under consideration In sev
eral hunt clubs. Brilliant ideas havo
como from southern Europe. where
hunting Is as picturesque as ever. Hab
its of yellow, with dark green trim
mings and big velvet hats, are among
thit.'AiWngs one may see no the result of
the discussion. Young girls ear white
habits of duck, pique or coarse linen,
with linen sailor hats. Ethel Roose
velt is one of the white-clad riders.
Marlorle Gould, who was recently a
guest of Kutherine Klklns In Deesburg,
Va.. had a dainty riding costume of elec
tric blue linan with white embroidered
collar and cuffs, and white lingerie
hat. The regulation derby, with the
stuffy looking ridlnx liablt and close
fitting coat, are seen less often. The
loose olouse Is what the modish woman
wears, with a round, well-fitting skirt
and her hat la ornamental.
SI St St
Easy Summer Cooking.
CHEESE SOUFFLE Cut half a pound
of cheese Into very thin allcea.
spread over the bottom of a pie
plate Beat two eggs, add a teacupful
of milk, season with
and bake In an oven
heat.
Cheese snd Macaroni Cook half a
pound of macaroni !n salted water until
soft Drain, put on the stove, add rich
milk to w.-ll cover. I.utter the slae of
a email egg. and half of a quarter of a
pound of old chefae. grated, or any
cheese, chopped. Mix. put In a but
tered dish, and over the top put the
remainder of the eheeae. Cover, bako
half an hour, remove cover and brown.
Eggs With Rice Butter a baking
dlah, fill it not quite full of cold,
boiied rice (salted), mako depreaalono
In the rlee, break an egg Into each,
sprinkle with salt and dot with bits of
butter. Bake until eggs are cooked.
Baked Codfish A coffee cuplul or
codfish picked fine, two teacupfula of
mashed potatoes, two well beaten egga,
two teacupfula of milk, a tablespoon
ful of butter. Mix and bake half an
th pepper and salt.
yen with moderate
She Koew Better.
Fmni Ptiek
Farmer Honk tmuetrrly) They y'l
D"acrn Klatrhpenr a wife waa a era-l
gon before ho married her, and
Mrs. Honk ( brisk 1 t ) Net hlrg ef tr.
kind' Ph was a mllh: I know tb
whole family.
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The Daily Mens.
Raapberriea. Scrambled Bralna.
Hot Toe at. Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Jellied VeaL Ssratoes Potatoea
Cheese fcouffle.
Currant Jam. Cookla-s. Ioed Toav
PINNER
cllop of Halibut
String hnana, Mayonnaise
Sik-ed Ttmiatoa'B
Bar ana a. Cold P.W- Pudding.
BlacS Coffee.
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An employe of a matrimonial bureaa
in Chicago txtiflav en tha stand that
ottljr IS t holograph of mT and women
out of 1 t.tii ere of sufficient merit !
attract.
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