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n EDITORIAL TAGE OF THE JOURNAb 1 I Vs. Wt AN M ; t t in ' it ! i THE JOURNAL AN INDKPKNbKNT NKWNI'AI'KR. C. . JACKSON Publisher PulilUbed fttrr rTrnliif (exwiit Sumlitj) nd wry Suodr nmrnhi t The Journal null lag, rifts aud Vimblli itrfrU, Portland. Or. - RnMHt at lh iTif.ff !, ( Portland. Or., fur tranainlMiirn through the malla a-cuod-clnaa fnwttr. fl-EI.EPIIONKS-MAIN 7K3. IIOMK. A SUM. All il 'inrtnMit reni-h. d hr ttier nunilr. 3Vil the operator the department you want. . I'.Mt Side of lie, B-2IU: Hint S.W. FOREIGN AI)VKItTIS!.V! lIKI'iiKSK.N'T ATIVK Trlnrt-n-nJmln 8cHil AdvorllalnR Agency. Pruntwick HiiIMIiik. i.' Hfih avenue. N "York: 1007-tOi H-ore Building, ihle.igo. WHAT WOULD YOU DO YOURSELF, MR. SCOTT? E 6uhrrlpMo Twnn by mall or to nr art In th United Statca. Canada -r Mulco: DAILY. On year f.VOO ! One month. Kt'NDAV. One fear 12. Hi I One month. PAII.V AXP SUNDAY. On rear $7 50 I One month. addreai .BO ,...$ .2.1 ...I -M What will the rreat mass of men be thinking of If they are taught to shun amuse ment and the thoughts of amusement? If any sensu ality Is left open to them, they will think of that. If not sensuality, then avarice or ferocity for "the cause of Gcd," aa they would call it. People, who have' had nothing else to amuse them have been very apt to indulge themselves in the excitement of persecut ing their fellow-creatures. Arthur Helps. 8EXAT0R FULTON'S UNWORTHY COURSE. I 'T MUST BE a matter of deep re gret to thousands of good citi zens in Oregon that Senator Ful ton. In his recent utterances, has , publicly urged the next legislature to pursue a course of flagrant dis honesty. Senator Fulton advises Re publican legislators who subscribed to Statement No. 1 to repudiate that v pledge and reject the people's choice lor United States senator. Is the anaa who gives such advice any less dishonorable than the man who acta y upon It? Even the most charitable con Btractlon of Senator Fulton's utter ance Is most damaging. Unfortun ately for him, he has placed him self before the community In the light not of a disinterested adviser, but of a selfseeker who urges others to wrong-doing In order that he him self may profit by It. It Is the uni versal, understanding that Senator Fulton will appear as a candidate for reelection when the legislature meeta next January. His own re fusal to deny that he is a candidate gives, under the circumstances, ample confirmation to the popular belief. He can have no possible chance of election unless those Re publican legislators who subscribed to Statement 1 prove recreant to that pledge and abjure their promise : to the people who placed tbem in office. Treachery to the people is the first essential to Senator Fulton's success: he advises that treachery, Certainly it is no farfetched con clusion that the advice is prompted directly by his own personal am bition. Nothing that could have been said against Senator Fulton by his bitter est enemies could have lowered him In public estimation so much as has his course in this matter. In no other way could his sincerity and his trustworthiness have been brought eo strongly into question. As the readers of this paper well know, The Journal on many oc casions has defended Senator Fulton from unjust attacks and has been quick to express appreciation of his efforts at Washington In behalf of the state. More than once when he was assailed by newspaper organs of his own party, especially the Ore- gonian which is now hypocritically pretending to be his friend, The Journal entered its emphatic protest. Believing Senator Fulton an honor able man this paper resented the ef fort to fasten upon Mm unmerited Ftlgma and unproven accusations. It Is therefore with profound regret that we express the belief that the course upon which Senator Fulton has now entered is unworthy, dis honorable, and certain to cost him the esteem of thousands of citizens who have been hitherto his friends. YER since the June election Harvey W. Scott lias been insist ing throurh t he columns of his paper that the next legislature must not elect (jtorge h. Chamberlain to the office of United States senator. By innuendo, by implication and by direct suggestion lie lias advised Republican legislators who subscribed to Statement No. 1 to repudiate that pledge. He has been an un mistakable advocate of the proposition that these members should abjure their promise to the people rather than elect a Democrat to the I'nited States senate. Jn view of this fact, Mr. Scott, The Journal has a question to ask of you, and we desire a plain, direct answer, without dodging, evasion or equivocation: Suppose that von. a Republican, had been a candidate for th legislature in the recent primaries, and had pledged yourself to statement ,o. I, thereby promising to the people of Oregon, a well as to the people of vour district," that during your term of of fice you would "always vote for that candidate "for United States senator in congress who had received the highest number of the peoples votes for that position at the general election next preced ing the election of a senator in congress, without regard to your in dividual preference ; suppose that, having given this pledge, you were nominated by your party in the primaries, and afterward elected in the June election, Chamberlain receiving at the same time the popular vote ior Cnited States senator. Under these circum stances, Mr. Scott, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? Would you abide by your pledge, or would you repudiate it? Do not dodge the 'question by saying that you would not have subscribed to Statement 1. 1 hat will not do, for the reason that you are assuming daily to give advice to men who DID subscribe C 1 1 .1 . f . iu oiaicnicH-i a anu ou aie auvising mem to ignore it. I ut yourself in their place. Tell them and tell the people of Oregon what vou would do if you were in the shoes of these Republican legislators wlo sub scribed to statement 1. Would you violate that pledge, as you urge them to do? ' . This question must be answered, Mr. Scott. The Rcnubliean legislators whom you are advising as to their course have a right t an answer. The voters of vour own partv and the nconle of Oregon have a right to know whether the policy you arc advocat ing is one that you would follow yourself. In the opinion of tens of thousands of citizens of this state, you are advising a dishonor able act. Would you do that act yourself? Small Change Who made the lot worth $250,000? Let's not worry much about politics una monwi. Those British Columbia suffers are our nemiihora. e Hope la very well, but It takes hustle to accomplish things. Kern has more whiskers than all th other 13 candidates combined. about what is meant by that term or don't they? If they do, how can they approve and indorse the last congress and the Chicago platform, especially in what these bodies scorn fully refused to do? To approve and indorse both Is inconsistent, and can not In an intelligent person be sin cere. Claptrap phrases about "Re publican principles" and "historfcal tendencies" are no answer at all, only a confession of insincerity and upHclty. Here are some 18 specific, plain practical "policies" that Roosevejt siooq ior. ine nepiiDiican party tands against them. And yet, some editors pretend that a Democrat can't be a supporter of Roosevelt. THEY'RE AFTER THEM. ffl AX EXPLANATION NEEDED. 0 R. HARRIMAX says that the reason that the railroads are hard up after years of un precedented prosperity is that "they're after them." The first pro noun is construed to mean Roosevelt and his myrmidons, and the second one the railroads. Perhaps Mr. Har- rlman also means several legislatures and the people generally, who are "after" the railroads to the extent of trying to induce or compel them to obey the laws and treat the pub lic right. This he and others in his position show a disposition to resist to the utmost, even to the point of helping to bring on a panic and a period of business depression as a means of scaring people Into letting these big railroad men have entirely their own way with respect to the transportation business of the coun try. The difference between Mr. Harri man and the bulk of the people is fundamental, and lies below freight schedules, passenger rates and meth ods of service. He thinks that the transportation business over the thousands of miles of railroads that he controls is his own private affair; the people are coming to understand that it is their business, and that he must be regarded as only an agent or trustee. That is a great question to be fought out, and "they" will be "after" Mr. Harrinian and men like him until "they" win. They" don't want anything un reasonable; "they" are willing to be liberal; "they" want Mr. Harrl- man and the other expert railroad men to go ahead and continue to run the roads; but "they" are going to assert and maintain the proposi tion above stated. And Mr. Taft's administration, if he shall be elected, will not ptop them from caprvlog on this campaign. as decent as such a district can be, and wholly to abolish It and to at tempt entirely to suppress all such houses, would be a move of doubtful wisdom, to say the least. The laws if well enforced can do a good deal to check and circumscribe gross vices, but they cannot suddenly change human nature or make a heaven out of a modern city. The city administration seems to have done' fairly well with this troublesome business, though it may be about time to move the "restrict ed district," and there Is no occa sion for an increase of the police force on this account. Portland has a small police force, as com pared with other elites, but it seems to get along quite as well as cities with twice as many policemen In proportion to population. There is said to be less crime here than in titles with a larger police force, and the evil complained of has probably been reduced to nearly or quite the practicable minimum at present; hence the demand for more police men for this purpose should be re sisted, and efforts to eradicate the social evil should be made wit due recognition of human nature as It is, not as Dr. Brougher and other good people would like it to be. Boston will go strong for Taft, sure he iiHOd n spill Infinitive in his accept anre spercn. Now observe the Wall street press make no attack on Taft becaujM of his attuca; on me courts. Tho good roods convention and the cplchratlon or the ood north DanK rail road w ill chime in very well together. "A bachelor can not even hold his own." snys an exchange. He-rlon't care so long as she thinks she Is to be his own. m Newherg Enterprise: In a short time wo will henr tho crooked politician urg ing everybody to vote tho straight ticket. a Of course good cement can be made In Oregon, and hundreds of. thousards of dollars a- year spent at home that would otherwise be sent abroad. The superogatorv edition of the Ore- gonlan seems to have been allowed to try to put on a semblance of opposition to Dad, but this Is an old scheme. If a lnlted States senator advises members of the legislature to break their word to the people, how can he expect people to depend on his word? Thoie soldiers over at American lake should keep a close lookout for tin fit- tack by the Japs. It Is rumored that several of the little brown men have been seen In that vicinity. One Taft baby, its dad says, weighed at birth 25 pounds. If It grows in proportion It will beat Taft s weight at his age. But probably the excited dad saw double when he looked 'at the scales. SHOULD NOT BE TOO SURE From th Scio Nws It seems to be the rule, at tha present time with Republican politicians and newspapers, to assuma that tha electoral vote wlll.be given to Mr. Taft without the possibility of a doubt. They can not conceive of tha rorhllltv of Mr. Bryan's election. Their Dumose evident. ly Is to hold In line any wavering Re publican who may think that It might oe a gooa pian to change th political complexion of the administration. They also know that many voters Ilka to be on tha winning side and hope, by mani festing ineir ausoiute conridence that these voters will give their votes to Mr. Taft. Mr. Hitchcock, chairman of the national Republican committee, as suma that every northern state- Is sure for Taft and that even some of the southern states ar In the doubtful list. Is there not a possibility that these people are a bit too sure? Is It not pos sible for them to mistake the temper of me American peopier now. it is rreeiy admitted by the unprejudiced that the reatures wnien make president Koose velt s administration so coDular. are things which Mr. Bryan advocated, tivm before Mr. Roosevelt was elected vice president. And much of the popularity or Mr. Mryan is aue to ine raci mat the president has thought there was merit In the measures Mr. . Bryan ad vocated, sufficient to cause him, Pres ident Roosevelt, to recommend to con gress to enact laws that would make the execution of some of these measures possible. The people through the ac- lon of President Roosevelt, have been rought toisee that the measures ad vocated hjf Mr. Brvan are practical me.anuresAf government; the tendency f whichare to administer national af fairs infthe Interests of tfhe masses of he people rather than in that of the lasses. The people have about concluded that Mr. Pryan Is a true patriot whose pur pose Is to make the condition of th ommon people more toieraoie. i hey no onger believe that he Is the political monnthnx- whlnh ReDubllcan newsna tiara and aDollblndera hava proclaimed him to be. The people, thanks to tha uresldent no longer believe that po litical and financial ruin would rssultJ with Mr. Bryant election. Even th bankers of Wall street. New "Vork. hv given him a respectful hearing and wore compelled to admit that his theory of finance and banking was worthy of consideration. Mr. Bryan In all of his public speeches ana writings snows a desire to protect the interests of th common people the wealth producers. While he would not deprive the wealthy of their hold ings Illegally or wrongfully, he believes mautne weaitnv can u saieiy lert to protect their own interests. Ho rightly argues that labor Is entitled to a larger per cent or ine weaitn it produces and would have such legislation enacted aa would make this result possible. Mr. Bryan's continuous advocacy of measures wmcn would mage an men equal before the law has given him such a growth In popular esteem that Republican leaders have en-eat cause of alarm. They may bluster snd declare perfect confidence In Mr. Tart s success. but down deep In their hearts there is a wen grounded rear. And tney nave ust reason to rear. Never in the nls orv of our political affairs have the people so completely taken the bits In heir teeth. The old time prejudice has about disappeared. The waving of the bloody shirt no longer serves to arouse men to the point, "Right or wrong, I'll vote her straight." The war Is over and the vast majority of tho people know but little, experimentally, trie of hates and prejudices which made men do deeds of oppression and crime. The hitherto method of campaigning tnrougn appeals to prejudice win in most cases, this year, prove a flat fail ure. The average voter has concluded that he has voted as the boss directs long enough and next November he will vote for Whomsoever he pleases. lheREAUl I r A Wider Ixok. IIS Salome erase has hit Gotham. writes a New Yorker, and so far th police have not interfered. Th leading roof garden shows are offering Salome dsncers as their star attractions for the summer months, and although th ministry Is united in condemning the performance, the Jance still goua on and will prob ably continue until Anthony Comstocli and ills "vice squad" get on to their Job again In the cool autumn days. At iiiunmersteln't theatre, Gertrude Hoff man Imitates Maud Allan, who has bHuii the KuroLieun sensation In the Haloma dance, and has proved such a drawing card that the other Broadway shows are falling over themselves to get Salome dancers. While you can go to your Bible for the tacts of this dance, the theatrical manugers have devised tha flan of telling the story of fcialotne ami ierod by moving pictures. However, when tho story reaches tho point wher Salome dances, the picture machine gives way to real flesh and blood. In the meantime the ministry Is agog, for a large part of the public seem to hav The Portland Review says: "In the olumns from time to time will be pub lished essays written by various Ftu- cnts of the public schools of the city rom the seventh year to the high school enlnrs upon the subject, 'Beautifying ortland.' The object Is to create au merest In the work, as well as to rn- nurficn the pupils in their work In English composition.'' This "Review'' not published In Portland, Oregon. or in Portland. Maine, but in another Portland in the I'nited States big en-nigh o have a newspaper and a hiph school. low many school children, or adults it her. of Portland. Oregon, know that here was such n town, or h-news where t is? This scheme of tho Portland ?) aper and school children might be a pood one to Rdopt to some extent in this arger Portland. The subject ought to be a very live one here, In which every body tiiould be interested. The Afterglow THE ENEMY WITHIN Ol R GATES. S"jJ HE OREGONIAN keeps up a persistent attack upon the im provement of the rivers of this section. It aoes not come out openly and oppose It, but Indirectly it never misses an , opportunity to "knock" any enterprise or movement having for Its purpose the use of the rivers for navigation. It grudgingly admits they have some scenic at tractions and may be navigated be tween some points to show these off to advantage. But for inland navi gation as an aid to distribution or for commercial use generally it has only slurs. With the neoDle of this Oregon Sidelights Eugene, asserts, the Guard, will dou ble in size within' three years from last Januarv mark that prediction and brand us as a false prophet or worse if It docs not prove tru. Currinsvllle correspondence of Ore gon City Courier: The coyotes are al most biting at the men's coat tails. wantliiK them to get out of the wav so they can have their own run catching the sheep and goats. They catch them in the day time and almost in the barn lots. i In spite of the fart that our bar Ik Maid to have less water on than a lawn with heavy dew. Yaijuina bav has dis played all the signs, sounds and sights a busy harbor, says tiie Mail, which mentions the presence there at one time of six vessels, of which three were launches. Rrlio Register: Pendletwn Is threat ened with a Mormon Invasion. It miitlil be worse. Wherever this pe culiar people settle, things commence to be doing right away. They build, plant, develop, Invest, beautify and mul tiply. All of which would not hurt Pendleton, and might help some. How hushed the air Is. All the world Is still; The winds have ceased their winging; Faintly I hear the tinkle of a till, And distant cow bells tinging- Mow bright the sky Is! 'TIs the after glow, That depth on depth of rose Floods all the west, and duplicate, be low. Reddens the silvery Sandy where it flows. The shoreward birches, mirrored in tha flood. Are touched with tints of fire; The leaping rapids quicken with the blood Of passioned day's desire. Soon to the primrose by the river's brim The sphyrrx moth hums: Tiie veery chants her weird, mysterious hymn. And twilight comes. Over the shadowed stream the bats ard flying, With eerie sweep and swoop; The nighthawks through the mellow dusk are plying. With dive and hollow whoop. Over the hills I hear the herd call ring ing. "Co' bos! Co- bos! Co' bos'"; In fancv. see the barefoot boy a-swing-Ing The upland knolls across. And soon the hollow rumble nn-i the rattle Of teams across the bridge; The diiim beat of old Gus. who dreams of battle. Like echo, from the ridge. Comes the clear mellow hum of hive bee. homing. Swift through the paint,ed gloom; Ami on the dew-bush of the summer gloaming, The smell o' clover bloom. rovernor Hugh es From the New York Times. The most Interesting feature In the situation created by the announcement by Governor Hughes that he will take a renomlnatlon Is the fact that he rep resents, by profession and by courage ous and conspicuous action, open oppo sition to "boss" rule. Yet It is tha bosses that will be called on not merely to consent to but actively to support his nomination and election. It is the situa tion of twoyyears ago Intensified, and, for the bosses, made still more nearly Intolerable. Then they had great fears of what might come of Mr. Hughes' success, and now these have been abundantly realised. Then they disliked him, and now they hate him. Then they were suspicious of him, and now tney aread mm. I hen he was a men ace, and now he Is a concrete peril. But they will probably eat their leek. The cudgel of Fluellen has been laid energetically and cruelly about their shoulders, and they have no appetite for more. The exigencies of a presi dential campaign are too urgent to be irineci wun. i no powers inai d in the national councils of the party ap pear to have marie up their minds that the renomlnatlon of Mr. Hughes Is Irrt- Hermiston correspondence of Kist Oregonian. Many sales of land have been made to parties In all sections of the country and new people are continually coming in. Parties are arranging to prepare hundreds of acres for cultiva tion next yeir, and rapid strides will now be made in the way of agriculture and the upbuilding of the country. Two Itoseburg men returned from a hunting trip to the Can Illahee district, some Ml miles from that city, and say the woods were full of game of all kinds, and they killed three husky bears. Hesldes this game the hunters found plenty of deer, but owing to the long distance from home, only killed enough ior trrelr own use. Sheridan Sun: Bears In the moun Still in the western skv the glory lingers. With softer radiance bright : For there the twilight, with her dusky nneers. Still holds a torch of light. Till paler fades the film, fcncstral glory Into the gloom nrV1 grav; And evening, crooning o'er the old, old story. Sings to the sleeping Day. De Roy Melville in New York World. Disrupting the Party. entlrn section RtriirlTitr with oil v,i.i tains are makinir themselves quite nO' tin men ,,,,. ., j ,.. . .. hut what is brought In close proximity A TIUH BLESO.ME yi'E.STION. T HE JOURNAL quite agrees with Ir. Brougher in sentiment, and approves his apparent motive 6ocial evil." but it cannot agree the Idea refently advanced by that It would be wise to take means that might be employed NE OF the things we would like to know of some Republi can editor Is why and how he can support the Roose velt poli cies and also approve of the Repub lican platform and the last Republl- - Can congress, that rejected and corned those policies. It is no ex- Ijjlanation to Fay that Roosevelt has . - forgiven if not forgotten this record. the lor It is due to pvtrv man from 'it 1 himself to exercise his - an Judgment , him and form his n a opirinr, ' -v. t RoosTlt, at leat 8) far as words Including a largely Increased police could do so, promulgated and urged f'rc? and "moral squad" to suppress certain policies. Ti e Republican? , this evi! or even fo scatter it as ' in eongress snd In the convention I much a pcFsibl. It is In our pres- tamed down tho policies, laughed I cnt stac of clvlliiatlon one of the - thera to scorn. Th Republicans ho did this were In the saddle In the convention, and wii! b in entire con trol of the next congress. un!ps tb Democrat should gain a majority In the house, Mr. Taft speaks well of the Root velt policies, though tsk- tr. and wilhont src-Inf Into parttcn !ra, and fet be arFrorea of the ac tisi of the convention and of con r Fa da all the part editors. .y . r tMs is a tnrioBB position tr ! rj tfceee e'ltors apsrore --.-!.. might to free the Willamette at Ore gon City and to open the Columbia and Snake rivers to navigation they find their worst enemy right In their midst. How can we-hope for the best re sults, when a leading paper in the community constantly belittles the work. It is doubtful if its parallel could be found anywhere. New York state votes over $100,000,000 in bonds to Improve the Erie Canal with railroads girding the state. All over the country the demand for Im proved waterways Is Insistent. Yet It Is left for the oldest newspaper In the northwest and In the city of Portland to oppose the Improvement of the rivers running past its doors and to solemnly announce to a wait ing world that their use for the fu ture is limited to the production of scenic effects One wnnrto,- it v. , p.nd purpose, with reference to I , ,. ,h K . e . . .. .. . Is anjlng the shape of nroeresn or the bettering of conditions this pa per will not oppose. If It be, even to a slight degree, repregentatl ve of the spirit of Portland or Oregon, then God help us. sni ttsad for the ': :. a ill know necessary -vils; It It something that cculd not be entirely suppressed If this were attempted. What should be done is n all prsrt!rs.bl to discourage this evil, to kep It in seclusion, to dis connect It from saloons, and to ren der It as Innocuous as possible. This has ben done in Portland better tbxa In most cities. Tkonch the city ess gTown greatly la tbs mean time, conditions with respet to- this evils arc Tastly better. than they were four or ftvs ysars ago. ' The -rv ctrlcted. district" Is jrolsaV.j aboat Ths two big Williams went to church yesterday, of course, and if all their political followers had done the same the churches would have Imagined that there was a great na tional revival of religion, and If It Is good for the two Williams to go to church why not for the rest of the people? Of course the ultimately Import ant thing is the control of federal patronage in Oregon if Taft should be elected, bat a mors Immediately pressing question Is tbs has d ling of the sack. la the whole acnedale of "principles" taese- two bead tba list.' - . . ' - . to them The huckleberries and other wild fruit have a great attraction for bruin, and he Is sometimes seen picking hemes rrom the same busn with his human neighbor. M o. I.ownsdale. head of the Yamhill County Iievelopmeht league work, says prompt returns are coming In, In re sponse to the advertising literature al ready sent out. Inaulries for more In formation relative to our county have been pouring In from all over this coun try, ann also rrom foreign lands, sucn as South Africa and the Panama canal zone. The Tiallas Chronicle: The reserva tlon and other Indians always send run tiers, or advance agents, to the huckle berry fields to ascertain the stage of the berries These Indians stay In the berry patches a while then return and report the ripening progress of the berries Just now the advance Indian are arriving here, and In a few day will leave for the huckleberry patches n-ar jiouni Adams. The demand for small houses to rerji in Hood River is far from being sup piled and there Is not a vacant house in the town of any description, says the Glacier. It is claimed by real estate men that good lota for the erec tion of small cottages containing from four to five rooms can bs bought for J 200 and houses erected on them for M0(l to M00 These, they say, will rent readily for S 1 0 to 116 a month. A farmer nsr Arlington, says the Record, who has a large number of promising Thanksgiving birds. In order to protect them from the coyotea, hunted up bis sleigh bells and placed one on the necks of about a dozen frisky gobblera Now they strut around In perfert safety, reminding one of Santa Claus on his annual visit, while ths measly coyotes remain afar off, shed ding tears In fear ana wonder at the srelrd and uncanny noise but not d ring to approach the feathered bell ringers.. Dalls Itersfter: At tha oil well just north of town tha drillers are now down nearly 400 f-et. and Indication seem to point to a natsral gas deposit as well as an oil one. Thy,ars w Nr- rnr In .a hard clay Friday as extra ordinary number of bubbles were no ticed and Henry Pro touched a mates to them to what would hsppea. Tha stuff took firs Instantly, showing they were almtWy gas. A nturl Fa supr-ly would omi ss awfnl rood thing fey this eountry ard Is much more to be desired than oil. lrfo"ftant develop aacats are sxpected sborU. From the Mfdfonl Tribune. The Portlind Oregonian has renewed its policy of disrupting the Republican party JuM before a political campaign, so that factional strife tlierehy engen dered will make possible Democratic success. .It is now demanding the re moval of W. M. Cake as Htate chairman because he Is a believer In Statement No. 1. (Here a Quotation from The Oregon ian Is reprinted. ) This Is a sample of the rule or ruin policy of dishonor pursued by The Ore gonian. whose editor still cherishes the delusion that were Statement No. 1 out of the way he might buy the senator- J ship, and because It Is not out of tho way, una uiunc ciecieu will not violate their solemn pledges, he endeavors to create rriciion enougn 10 carry ine state ior Hryan. Cake's removal or attempted removal will stir up such a rumpus that It will completely wreck the (J. O. P. campaign, and then The Oregonian will point to Statement No. 1 as the cause of dis aster, when it will not be Statement No. 1 at all, but the feuds stirred up by the paper. What the people of Oregon think of forcing legislators to vote for popular choice for senator was shown by the tremendous majority given the proposed amendment at the June election, when only a few thousand votes could be mustered In favor of the old system. neratlvely necessary, at this time, and inni decision cannot lie disputed. The position of Mr. Hughes Is re markable It must be admitted by his most bitter opponents that be has acted throughout with dignity, self-resnect ami Independence. If he has beaten the bosses, he has done so only by a direct aixl manly appeal to the people, not by Intrigue or manipulation or the use of the powers of his office. He has built up no machine, "and has tried to build none. He has made no bargains and no bids. lie has not concealed his alms and he has pursued them by perfectly fair means. The policy and measures he has adopted In his public office have been plainly stated and pushed by can did means only. Men. not politicians, have questioned the wisdom of some of them. No one has questioned his entire Honesty with reference to them or his devotion to the welfare of the state. And the politicians f themselves are undoubtedly convinced that, much as they hate him, he is tHc strongest candidate his party could select. If he were not. Mr. Roosewelt and his Im mediate friends would not have any use for him. Why Polks Go to Newport. From the Taqutna Bay Mall. Whftn ail othnr const rasnrta a r At. serted, when times are reputed hard all oyer the country. Lincoln county pros pera snd her beaches are thronged with visitors. It is quite natursl to ask why? 'ine reason is plain: wi put on no airs, we allow the scenery to do our iMKing ano ine passional uude, com monly known aa "Fine Clothes," is not with us. A man can come to Newport and fish, hunt or loaf In his very oldest clothes without exciting; the contempt of anybody. A woman can weir her hslr In any style at all. a skirt that Is In distinguishable to cut, tailor or goods, shoes as large ss she dare and she's lust as beautiful ss If she wore a s7.3Z creation. ir on nasn t much money he Isn't mad to feel his crime too hesvljy. We never despise the man of modest means any more than we can help. Ths nappy family In a tent have lust as much of of our good thing ss the man In the automobile. And nature, that a real democrat, treats us all silk. no matter how much or how little we have. In this regard. It Is true, a brass- bound bell boy could gty natur oolnta But aa sh is. w hav her down her on Taqutna bay; and. harJ times or soft, every Urn her I a good time. Th i is why. when money is scarce. Taqutna bay Ml! up with peopl while other resorts echo th lonely call of th calm and the vault of night hears ""I th sole of th desolated sea ser peat. .. John P.'s Diplomacy. From th Detroit Trews. Which ver of tha tw pills wins, we wowld susrest that h name for secre tary of stal tbs elaeeeeet d!pkait In th world. J ohm Pavldsoa kiockefeller. John has a home la tho Pnrantir) fciila. Near It Is an Irish befvltai. The red mof ef th hospital hnrt John's eye ft tr M that if ths IrtsH ou 14 only agree t IL b would srjpplr arreea rialot for th rnf- II ricked the oas oeior that could make the bovpltai . people coaseat te th rdecoratka. Manufacturing Prosperity. About July 3 dispatches from Pitts burg published In the dally press an nounced that 50.000 men were to go to work In the Pittsburg mills on Mon day the tttli. These dispatches did not help the prosperity of John T. Mll roy of Jersey City, who spent $28.60 to learn that the thousands of unem ployed In Pittsburg are mill out of jobs. Here Is his statement as pub lished in the New York Evening Pos of the 15th: "Nine weeks ago I lost my place In the business office of an iron company on account or dun limes, and abou two weeks ago. after searching: In vain here for work. I went to Pittsburg to look for work. I was lei to make the trip by a newspaper dispatch which said that 60,000 men had been put back at work. I though that If this were true I would surely be able to get place. "When I got to Pittsburg I found the newspaper report to have been abso lutely untrue. There are thousands of men out of work In Pittsburg, snd . was told at two factories where I an plied for work and made Inquiry about the calling back of the workmen that It made people feel better to have the newspapers print sunshine news. May- ne mis is sunsnine news to many peo ple, but It cost me $28.60 that I could not afford to spend. I am back here and still out of work. If the news papers would print the truth I think it would be better; or at least. If they can not set forth the real situation, they might better remain silent. If the real facts were made known, how ever. It would more speedily bring back prosperity. But this seems to he the American way to hide our wounds in adversity, and talk about our pros perity ad nauseam when w are really prosperous. "I auspect that some stock Jobbing game has to b furthered by these false yarns, as a man I met In Pittsburg said he had been In Bt. Louis recently look ing for work, and he was told that a prosperity movement was started there, not by the merchants, but the Union Pacific railroad and other lines; that the orders were to lie as much, as nec essary to bring about th good feeling. Great is prosperity, and great la humbug!" Joseph Ashbrook's Birthday. Joseph Ashbrook. a prominent veterin of the civil war, was born In Phila delphia, August 4. 1140, and at th ag of 16 entered upon a business career In that city. Soon after th beginning of the civil War he enlisted In the one Hundred and Eighteenth Pennsylvania regiment snd served throughout th conflict. Soon after b ,wnt to the front he waa severely wounded, snd upon his recovery h received a com mission. H waa bravetted major for gallant services la th Wilderness cam paign, and subsequently served aa ord nance officer of th staff of General Griffin, commanding th first division of th Fifth Army corps. H wa de tailed to receive the arms and ammuni tion surrendered by the Army of North- era Virginia at Appomattox courthouse In April. lPf. Arier trie cioe of th war he returned to Philadelphia and ha lnc fceem engaged la business la thst ctty Wby H Is for Bryas. "A Republican," In th New Fork World. I think soy preeldeatiaj nreferewo this year Is for Bryss, aithouah J am fgood Republics. 1 admtr Ur. Taft. think be Is a rood and great maa, sad believ the eotintry would he aaf In hi bands But I think greater prog ress along certain lla of reforas ou.J re mad vnder th leadership of Mr. Pry. I regard Mm a the -Americas a,4toi the greatest snsa la Ibis country s.nc B.'a.n. I gone mad over the "Merry Widow waltz, t hu sheath skirt and the tialom dance. In spite of their persistent teac ti ngs. With a large Dart of th population of Manhattan going wild over Saloma dances at housetop ineaires, wun oau columns of news exploiting the Sheat skirt, with the stirring of the Mood o: others with the "Alerry Widow" waits, and Its sensuous enticements. It Is easy to grow pessimistic over the decline of morals ot our people, and to held up bands In horror over the peraistence in human nature of the love of sin. The surface Indications seem to point to a laxness of moral thought that alarms well lntentloned people, who long earn estly for the millenlum. Yet there is always to bs found a counteracting sentiment and It Is to this that we must look when th frailties and follies of mankind oppress us too heavily. At tWs same time when amusement seekers are flocking to roof gardens to see ilano s which have been much talked, about, and when some women are adopt ing a style of dress which belles mod esty, and when all surface glitter and shams and follies are patronised by hun dreds of people, there are quiet deeds of heroism being performed which put heart Into those who. watch for the signs of a quickening of the publlo consclenc and who desire the establishment of a better order of things. Ilnon the deck of an outgoing steamer stnmis a vniuiK elrl afolna Into volun tary exile to care for a leper patient I told you her story In this column not long since a frail slip of a girl risks her life to save two men from drown ing we heard of her but a week or so ago women who mighj live In selfish amisement are giving time and talents in settlement work,' foregoing ease and the pleasures of life In order to bring a little light Into the lives of unapprecla tlve tollers young men full of vigor and well grounded in knowledge that would bring them honors and gold in mercantile lines are going out Into the ' wilderness In . preach the gospel of righteousness to careless and Indiffer ent people, and truly losing their lives that they may find them men and women are giving more largely than ever before in the history of the world tn riKa which look to the betterment of the lot of other human beings tho list Is endless. One might take that same daily paper which laments the per sistence of evil in the human heart and cull from It 20 Items which speak of sacrifice, high idaals. unselfishness, sound morality, keen love of right. ; Curiosity, the desire to pass an hour or so In amusemoni, a uesire io iev life In all its meanings, may lead to tolerate for a snori imie inings which in reality thev do not really approve. No one of us lives constantly up to tho best that he knows. Our desires are fickle guides and lead us often astray. and vet. and yet. we come back after stumbles and falls and bruises, after waywardness and trials and false jotir nevlngs, to the path that we really lpve and which we strongly desire to follow. As it is with anv one of us Individually, so It Is with us as a whole. Those who cater to that desire to see what Is new. to test all sorts of life, rely upon thst fickleness In human nature, and know its transient quality and that Is its chief quality. . , . . No one can look over the pages or nis tory and not be . convinced that the world es a whole moves upon a larger plane and Is concerned with a larger humanltarlanism than ever before since history began. False and misleading as are manv of the things with which masses of people fill their leisure, yet h rotrr,i for the weaker brother, th desire to make lives count for some thing, the whole-hearted zeal for right living, was never so abundant. Evils there are as every one knows, falsities and shams and follies and even black wickedness, but, after all, the heart of the whole nobple responds tr sound principles, and cherishes truth and goodness. The Oabblst" a Failure. OMAN has been tried and not found wanting In a good many which the world occupations supposed only men equal to but at last, a wording to advices from Paris and Berlin, sh has met her .Waterloo. It appears that as a cabby she is not a success. There was a long fight In the rnh eaoltal over the question of granting women the cabman s license; the women who wanted to do It were ..-a ikiiv could drive cabs, but there was strong opposition to the Idea. Rut at last the opposition was overcome, tba licenses wer granted, ana cerim, equally liberal, gave women a chance to drive motor cabs. In both cases the work proved unsulted to the sex. Ths Parisian cabwomen found they could nut andura the long hours and the ex- gosur to rsin and snow and cold. In ;erlln th police found that women nnt a success at driving motor cabs through thick traffic; they lacked the dexterity or else me nerve. B W. St The Daily Menu. BREAKFAST. Iced Cantsloup. Scrambled Eggs. Rolls. Coffee. LUNCHEON. Beef Ptew with Green Peppers. String Bean Salad. Stewed Loganberries. Wafers. Tea. uirrE.. Chicken Broth. Baked Halibut. Green Pea. creamed potatoes. Lettuce. French Dressing. Chocolat Blanc Mange. Cakes. Black coffee. This Date in History. 14M Bartholomew Columbus, brother of Christopher Columbus, laid th foundation of San Domingo. KOI Hudson discored Cape Cod. ll Frontcnac Invaded th Onon daga country. 1791 A general treaty of peace was made with th Indians at Montreal. 17H Crown Point taken from th French by General Amherst. 172 Death of General Burgoyne, th British general who surrendered his srmy to General Gate at Saratogb 1121 William Floyd, one of the sign ers of th American Declaration of In dependence, died. I21 OHvr P. Morton, th war rov ernor of Indians, bora In Salisbury, ind. Dld In Indlanatolls. November 1, 1177. 1111 Th president ordered a draft ef IPS men to serve la th army ate months lr I Charles M P'hwab M!aod tb presidency ef the Called States Steel eorportln and was ssoceedd by WUV tans EAht Cory.y What Is thwht ta fce valuable iron oee has hem found hear Ilasel Urers, la Columbia count. I,
