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party In her stntes. In lOnfi the
Itopublloan candidate for governor
hail h plurality of only 7.N3S, though
t ho tisunl Republican majority Is
around 20,000. Vermont anrl Ar
knnsita nre nlso Hepteml or Mates
hill their votes will have little tdg
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genuine goods; who knows It bet- bin Income upon the Investment. If
tor than a newspaper that In every Mr. Harrlman thinks at laat that It
MC ;,W IIS IX COXI KItKNt IC.
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Shun delays they breed re
morse. Take thy time while time Is
lent thee:
Creeping snails have weakest
force;
Fly their fault lest thou re
pent thee;
Good Is best when soonest
wrought;
LIng.'ring; labors come to
nought. Southwell.
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DID THE ELFXTIOX ME AX NOTI!
IXO?
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rS THE verdict of a ballot box
worth anything? Is It to be
heeded, or not to be heeded? It
is the method made and pro-
, vlded by the constitution for ox
pressing or testing the public will
for purposes of public action.
No other method has been pro
vided, and no other Is possible. The
ballot box is the final and only nr
. biter, and ita verdict the only known
i or possible guide to public policies.
. When ever that verdict ceases to
, prevail, It Is anarchy. If we refuse
to abide by such verdict, we are
anarchists. To attempt to frus
trate the expressed decision of the
. ballot box is disorder, and those who
make such attempt nre disorderly.
Theirs Is an assault upon the most
sacred right of the citizen, for If
; his decision at the ballot box be dis
regarded, what right, or what auth
ority remains to the citizen.
A late election in Oregon was held
': for certain purposes. Those pur
poses were announced beforehand,
and among them was the official
announcement that a senator was to
be selected. The uaiin wert' prop
erly printed on the ballot, and all
the proceedings were regular. No
, question of legality or regularity has
ever been raised. The people of
the state went to the polls and voted,
first in the primary election, and
then In the regular election, in the
primary election two Republican
candidates for senator were voted
for. One was Charles YV. Fulton
aud the other H. M. Cake. Mr. Ful
ton's name, was placed on the bal
lot with his own knowledge and con
nect.'and that after he had journeyed
' all the way from Washington, I). C.
to register and so make himself eli
gible. In that contest, In which all
the candidates and all the people
of the state, all acting in good faith,
were participants, and the selection
made was the solemn pronouncement
of the whole electorate.
In' the regular election the names
of George K. Chamberlain and H. M.
Cake were on the official ballot for
eenator, and with more than 100,000
people voting, Mr. Chamberlain was
selected by a decisive margin. That
eelectlon was made with full knowl
edge of all the people, with due no
tice to them, and was reached by an
. orderly, regular, and proper appeal
to the ballot box. It was not a Joke,
a Jest, but the regular proceeding of
the whole people, arrived at by reg
ular process, and the candidate so
chosen is the choice voted for and
selected by the majority of those
people.
What is to be said of that group,
or any man in that group of men.
who, after this compacted derision
end ordained selection will now ad
vise that this expressed selection at
the ballot box be set aside, and sonic
other candidate fur senator' hci
T WAS n meeting of two bl men
In the world's aiffatrg that oc
curred last week In (iortniiny- -Kln(?
Kdward and Emperor Wil
liam and the ned emperor of
Aiixtrlii-Hungnry. whom King Kd
ward will alco visit, Is another po
tentate of big political dimensions.
These men have a vast Influence
over European affairs, and If they
were no minded could cause trouble
of gigantic proportions.
Edward's powers are limited, and
It Is often said that be really has
but little power, but while It Is true
that he could not take any very im
portant step without the consent, of
the ministry and parliament, yet a
man in his exalted position, espe
cially If popular, as he is, can cer
tainly exerclso great Influence, and
to some extent control the policies
and actions of his nation.
EdVTird'B nephew, William II, has
somewhat greater power within his
realm, though he Is limited a good
deal by the powers of the reichsiag.
As he has grown older be has be
come more temperate and moderate.
In his public talk at least, and be
trays loss of the vaunting swash
buckler than he did a few years ago.
He Is a man who learns as he reigns.
Old Franz Josef, In his dotage and
about to surrendar to a greater king,
even as his humblest subject must,
occupies a position of much inter
est and of possible danger. At his
death, which must occlir soon, Hun
gary will doubtless renew demands
which It has not ijressed as It would
If the aged monarch were not sure
to pass away In the near future.
When that event occurs trouble is
likely to ensue, unless well-laid plans
are made to prevent It, and this may
very likely be one of the reasons for
this visit of Edward to the two em
perors. The so far bloodless revolution in
Turkey will also doubtless be dis
cussed, for while Great Britain Is
the chief guardian of the Turk, Ger
many and Austria, as near neighbors,
are greatly Interested In all that oc
curs in the land of the "sick man."
Young Turkey may have an easy
Job for awhile in dealing with Ab
dul Hamid, but will have to comport
Itself with reference to what these
pnissnnt monarchs may think-about
it.
The "ponce of Europe" Is always
to he guarded,; the "concert of the
powers" is something to be constant
ly watched; the "balance of power"
may at any moment require delicate
readjustment. Hence It is to be pre
sumed that these conferences amount
to something more than fraternal
calls for the purpose of exchanging
family gossip.
What a fine thing for the world it
Is that men, placed by law and cus
tom and birth in such exalted posi
tions and wielding such tremendous
power should stand for peace, not
war; for concord, not strife; for de
velopment, not destruction; for ar
bitrament of -reason and law rather
than arbitrament of sword and shell.
What an improvement in kings dur
ing the past few centuries this shows.
Rut tboie Is ample room for fur
ther progress, for greater enlighten
ment, and before this century is
over, we may hope, all such men of
high place and great power will
stand for unarmed instead of armed
peace; for tue disarmament, to a
great extent, of the nations; for a
confident assurance of peace among
civilized men based on justice, amity
and arbitration, and not at all on
emergency sides with them?
"Shall the people rule?" "Hum
bug; buncombe." Shall railroads be
controlled; shall coal lands bo held
by the government; shall we have a
parcels post, postal avlngH banks,
and guaranteed bank deposits; shall
senators be elected by the people;
shall campaign contributions he
made public; shall the tariff be re
vised In the interest of the masses
Instead of the trusts; shall there bo
any effort whatever toward n clean
er. honoHter, bettor national life?
"Humbug; buncombe."
The "sntiare deal" In actual prac
tice; people considered before par
ty; truth about political affairs In
stead of partisan claptrap?
"Humbug; buncombe."
XAVHJATIXU THE AIH.
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means of destruction and slaughter.
Till-
I -X A X S Y EflAKLK ARGl'-MEXT.
"ffl'
R. BRYAN'S platform, like
Mr. Bryan himself, Is hum
bug," Is the Impressively
and convincingly argument
ative statement made by the Oregon
Ion. Further:
'The platform is buncombe, and
Bryan is buncombe, too." What
voter ran dnnv. disnute. resist or
named? What voter in all Oregon. fjoul)t Sllr(l powerful and unanswer-
N THE site of an international
airship contest, near London,
notices wore posted warning
people not to smoke, as It
would bo dangerous, yet somebody
there Is always a fool somebody
lit a match, and a terriblo explosion
and panic followed, killing several
people and badly wounding many
others. The strange part of the af
fair Is Hint it should have been pre
sumed that every person in a crowd
of thousands would obey the warn
ing, and that on that theory the air
was allowed to become impregnated
with explosive gas. Surely it is not
r.eceseary in conducting these con
tests and experiments to place by
standers under any such great haz
ard; otherwise the spectators must
hereafter bo kept at aafe distance
But while such an explosion as
this seems inexcusable, there have
beVn and will be many unavoidable
or less avoidable fatal accidents. The
aeronauts or aviators are certainly
making rapid progress; they are
winning their way in the long bat
tle for the mastery of aerial naviga
tion; but it is as yet and doubtless
will be for a long time to come a
risky business. Men will persevere
however: plenty of men would take
the risk if it were 10 or 100 times
greater; and it should be recognized
that In taking these risks, though
some of them may not be conscious
of the fact, they are probably doing
humanity a great service; they are
pioneers in a new realm that lies as
wide as space for the conquest of
mankind.
For quite likely the prediction
made that In the not distant future
airships will become as common as
automobiles are now will come true.
Why not? Stranger things have
happened, and have now become fa
miliar. If one safe, dirigible abso
lutely controllable air carriage can
be constructed, and swiftly propelled
and guided from one point to an
other, then thousands of such car
riages can be constructed and op
erated; and when our rich people
tire of the comparatively tame risks
of automobiles running a mile a
minute, why should they not amuse
themselves and risk their precious
necks racing in the air? It will be
fine fun indeed, except for those who
are blown up or tumble down. Every
great achievement requires !ta sac
rifice of human life.
The airship would that some
body would hurry up and invent a
name for it will be not only a big
toy for the rich, but a thing of us;'
to the nations. They are already
preparing to use it in case of war,
and even if no war occurs H can bo
used in other ways for the benefit
of humanity. It has been a long time
since efforts to navigate the air in
dirigible vessels began to be made,
pnd more success has been achieved
within the past three or four years
than for that, many decades or even
centuries before. And these late
successes will no doubt be succeeded
by others far more complete.
Possibly the children of today
may live to take air trips across the
continent. If not across the oceans,
and wonder why so simple and de
lightful a means of travel was not
evolved until the twentieth century.
would ho. well to help develop Ore
gon and make friends Instead of
enemies of Its people, he Is nurtur
ing a wise notion, and they will meet
him half way.
Hut the peoplo of Oregon know,
anu Keenly Tool, -and their governor
will tell Mr. Harrlman bo, that It Is
high time for him to act. Oregon
cannot, must not and will not con
tinue much longer to He repressed
and half shackled for lack of rail
roads which It has seemed Mr. Har
Iman only can build. But grtat as
he Is, Mr. Harrlman cannot keen
Oregon tinder his thumb much long
er. Capital other than his has dis
covered Oregon, and he cannot keep
it out. There must bo extensions
and oven multiplications of railroads
in Oregon, and strong as ho is Mr
Harrlman cannot much longer re
press them. Hill is already hero and
others are coming. Mr. Harrlman is
great, but there are etlll big men be
sides hirp.
But perhaps he iSgoing to move
In this matter. This Invitation may
well be interpreted as a probability
of such a movement. And If this
construction of the incident should
prove correct, all Oregon would re
joice, and extend the band of friend
ship to Mr. Harrlman.
THE HUIVAN DOPY A WONDER
ByW.R. C. L.ton, M. D.
FAKE COMPLAINTS.
H
I'ltR In Oregon the "non-partlnan"
jbuncoes the Republican party, or
many so-called Republicans, into
t'lo delusion that there Is no
thing In partisanship, and the
offices should therefore be Riven to the
Democrats. Turning the lobs over to
the pomoirnts would appear to be
non-senuitur for non-partl.ianshlp, yet
that's OrpRon logic, under the primary
law, and it rdos here. Orcgonlan.
What a disingenuous little squeal
this is, to be sure. How many of
flees have been turned over to the
Democrats by the primary law? Not
more than one, If that. Chamber
lain has been elected governor, and
senator under that law, but he was
elected governor first under the old
law, and without any doubt would
have been reelected if there had been
no primary law. So he would prob
ably have been elected senator, so
far as the popular vote was con
cerned under the former system. lie
won simply because a plurality of
the voters preferred him to any Re
publican that could be brought out.
Bjit what are the other offices?
The Republicans Tiav both repre
sentatives, the other senator, all th?
state elective offices except one
which the law requires to be filled
by a Democrat about, five sixths of
the legislature and nearly all of the
county offices In the state.
And yet because a majority of the
people happen to want a Democrat
in just one prominent office, the Re
publican party Is destroyed, is dead,
is utterly and irretrievably dead;
now, uenceforth and forevermore.
What siliy, insincere drivel this is.
THREE GREAT IDEAS.
In the ancient world there worn' scvon
wonders. In tha modern world wi have
In itullty only one. n tut that U the hu
man body. KcKurdcd from R purely me
(hmilcHl viewpoint, the human body U
a Miiperbly efficient Inxtrument, Inilultelv
complex, ''oiulhl(cly delicate, an. I yet
powerful, enduring und udaiduble be
yond belief. The human body Ih a ml
cioooHin of thu universe, a miniature
world In Itself. It embodies within Its
composition, its Mtuctiire, Its opera
tions, everything that Is to he found
unywhere In the world outsldo of Itself.
Hot- instance, the body contains nil of
the Important chemical elements. Nearly
three quarters of Its weight Is made ill)
of oxyKim, that moat Important and uni
versal element. Then there are the
other (rases, nltroKcn, hydrogen, chlorln
and lluniin. In addition to these Kasea
we find carbon, calcium, phosphorus, so
dium, sululiur. potassium, magnesium.
Iron, cupper, lead and silicon, lithium.
mercury, arsenic and other solids. The
hist live named, the Kascs, are sufficient
In quantity to fill a tank of about .UO0
cubic feet capacity say of a size L'O
feet lonK. 10 feet hltfh and 20 feet wide.
The solids In the body, such lis the car
bon, lime (calcium), silicon, sodium, po
tassium, magnesium, are nil In the
ground on which you walk.
The body contains enough fat to
make about 100 candles, enough soap to
keep Its own surface clean for a month.
pnounh suKar to do for a family meal,
and enough salt to supply the family
ror a month. 11 contains only ft little
Iron. Just about enough to make a cou
ple of small nails; but It has etiouKh hv-
droften gas to till a balloon that would
actually lift the owner Into the clouds.
The human boiky also contains enoutth
arbon to make about 3.000 lead pencils.
or li'i tlx? form of a hod of coal enoufrli
to keep u hlaxliiK (Ire koIiik for an hour
two. that, us a matter or fact. Is
lust what the body does with Its car
bon uses It for fuel. .And the energy
derived from the carbon, or coat, does
for the human body Just what 1t docs
lor the steam engine tt keeps Die body
warm and gives It energy to move,
A full-grown man should welsh 150
pounds, which should be divided as fol
lows: Muscles and their appendages.
Si pounds; bones, 22 pounds; fat, IS
Causes of Socialism
The Sparta (Win.) Democrat, com-
mrntlng on the oigunliutlon there of
iHoclBllntB and the nomination of candt
dutea, saya:
It Is natural to aak the cause of this
sudden development of extreme radl-
tiounda: skin. 7 sounds: brain. '3 pounds
Intel lull organs, 12 pounds) blood, 7
pounds, ine noay contains udouc seven- ,.,, , ,,,, oounly but u , ,,fn(.ult
eighths water; and so the man would . .
contain about 17 gallons, or mors than
half a barrel of It.
to nnfl a satisfactory explanation.
While a continual agitation Is kent un
a li. I t... . i. . . . . ... . -----
As to food, he would consume every J,.,".,"."m "u,Hl '""
day 5.000 grains of lean moat, K.00U Z "H , ' , "
grains of bread. 7,000 grains of milk. buVh"'" "cct ,l' "", r,"ul
S.U00 grains of potatoes" tfOO grains of S ftf ail J ih. . . commences ,o
. nnn rln itlr Thin . K causes tho first thought Is nf
butter, S3,ooo grains of t"r i ids , many exposures of the lll-mitcn
makes a total of food and drink equal fr,llnes ',,! by the present nat n .
nearly t eight pounds. administration, and Its many t i ire'
The matter bus aken Into the body , Bet;uro at lho nB,lds of a t rust owmd
Is normally balanced by an equal nuan- Hepubllimn congresn any legislative
tlty of waste thrown off. Kor the es- relief that win uri'nr,i .....;" ..
cape of this waste there are four ave- equality of opportunity for all anil tho
ruies: the lungs, which throw off 20,000 relief of tho tolling millions from tn
grains dally; the skin, which excretes robber exactions of arrogant wealth
10.000 grains, and the kidneys and In- This fact standing out prominent as It
testifies, which eliminate 24,000 anil does causes many to turn for relief to
'.OtiO grains, respectively, Of the water the party of cxtravugant promises in
taken, tho liinjH and skin together carry tho .hope of destroying the system
off Just about one half, the kidneys which had made the cxlutenco of the
about per cent, anu ino iniesunes me runner imruiis possioie.
rest. The United States circuit court nf
All this means that there passes appeals In releasing the Standard Oil
through the -body within tli course of from tho payment o? the SZii.ooo.ooo fine
a year almost a ton and a half of solid Imposed by Judge J.andis, while other
and liquid matter. Tha body rebuilds courts are railroading to the jail and
Itself with a portion of this each day. penitentiaries the penniless laborers of
discarding a corresponding quantity of tt,e. country accused of comparatively
waste. Thus we see that the body Is "V 1rf.e"Res wl.th "t scant consldera-
constantly changing constarrrrv" break- of tholr natural rights or congtl-
lng down and at the same time being ",'""n ' ' making more
.ebul.t. We speak of "my body" as If fL7-i.tLt 1 ?,a? "'J,1'1" R.1clal;
we had today the same body we have '"rtv employed by the national
always bad. As a matter of fact, how- p . ,. . , . ,
ever, we build an entirely new body hi fart Thai ?hPtt? h I'in "W.nk t ,0
everv few months It is like cataract "e fHOt Ulnt the tl"1,1afl arrived when
eer rew monins. it ih like a tatara t. the government must be taken from the
e see todav the same Niagara Kails of thu part dominated by Joe
that men looked at 5.000 years ago; but f'annon. by Aldrich. by Shermah. In
itio water that forms tho falls Is always i.,.i.n anA mhr .t.n. . ..'...;
changing Is never the same for one cv8, whoso power lias mady existing
second. So with the body. conditions nnsslhle. and nine In ,
The human body is a prodigious work- Itv the nartv which Is miliar no raui.
er the most compact and powerful en- tlons to the trusts and combines, and
glne known. In a single day the body which under the leaaershlp of the peer
of a healthy man does work equal to less Bryan will repeal the legislation
in mi n vtripmi ui j.dvu ions one idol mat nus maae ine existence or the
from the ground. A man at hard labor, trusts possible, thus restoring to tho
a longshoreman, for instance, helping people that equality of opportunity and
to loau a ship, will do a work of 200 to power of government of which they
2"i0 foot-tons a day. So It will be tin- are now deprived by tho arrogant
uerstood that the body tn Its general wealth of the nation through the instru-
actlvlty does the work of 14 or 15 men. mentality or us congressional oois.
This is many times what any man-made
engine can do.
proached. It Is a region with limits
fixed by natural barriers that the
hand of man cannot change. Traffic
will not climb a chain ()f mountains
when it can glide without resistance
down a water grade. One train crew
and one locomotive moving f5 load
ed freight cars to the seaboard is
the essence of intensified transpor
tation facility. Is is the character
of facility that Is Portland's and
Portland's only. It Is the facility
on which Portland prestige is build
able. Its capstone however, is an
nntrammeled Columbia. This must
never be lost sight of. Portland and
Oregon must keep it hourly and per
petually In view, for It is Portland's
and Oregon's means for an unrivaled
and unapproachable commercial
greatness.
"TW Store to Let"
Unless this is done and events con
tinue for the next few years as they
have for the past 12, there Is mi
doubt. In view of the rapid rise of the
tide of Socialism, that this country will
be engulfed In a elasr, struggle. If that
time ever comes there are many thou
sands who now are endeavoring to avoid
the raising of this class question by
remedying the evils complained of. who
will, when forced to face the Inevitable,
Krom The Dalles Optimist.
In looking around the city of Portland
one Is surprised to see so few "To Jet"
alum on tim hiiii.iiims i,cin.. i, r,, , 1 a 1 i K n themselves with the militant mil
,.j iiti lions rather tiian with the privileged
,ula dwellings. rew wno re continually adding to their
w e are somewhat familiar with all I swollen fortunes through the favoritism
the great cities in the country, and with of legislation and who are uslnr. this
all of thr "good'" cities, an.f we verily I money exacted from the sweat nf th
believe that we never saw a town where brow of American labor and from tho
mere were as few places for rent us body of the child slave ot tne niinsau i
In the capital of Illinois, the home
of Abraham Lincoln, a mob went
forth to wreak lawless vengeance on
a lot of negroes because one of their
number had committed a dastardly
crime. lor lyncning ine eeiLaiuiy
guilty person in hot blood one may
find an excuse, but not for an at
tack on innocent negroes indiscrim
inateh. In such an act the race
hatred crops out, and ou what basis
of justice or logic should one race
hate another?
W
MR. HAIiKI.M W AXD OREGON.
wno Having participated In that elec
tion, having voted bis sentiments and
baring failed or succeeded In realiz
ing his desires, will honestly and
conscientiously pay that the verdic
of election day shoi:hl be set aside-
able array of facts and train of rea
soning as this?
"Humbug." "Buncombe." How
familiar these -words have become to
renders of the Portland organ of op
position to everv movement, even'
IS there really in the State one voter i ffnr, Irm(lc. and everv voice rniend
In favor of reform, of bettor politics.
I
T IS masorifb!-.- surmised --though
it cp- he rny a purmiso that
the invi:-ui.on of M.r. Harrlman
to the governor, Mr. O'Brien and
Mr. S'aniei- Indicates an Intention
V.I,. .. , ... 1..... 1- K..ll.Jt II
I'll 1 1 I I'.lll Ml III' K III lllllllilll Ittll-
j road t'no-.ich ci::tral Oregon -or at
j least tiiat he has that project In
j contemplation.
j It is k'T",V ;'lflt 'r- f'arrlman
tried tn serin e'Hrtain rights-of-way
into ("rook county from the north
1 1 AT Mr. Clifford Pinrhot
says of the president, may
sometimes need scrutiny and
dilution, for the head for
ester Is .likely to be prejudiced in
his chief's favor, but the following
statement of Mr. Pinchot we be
lieve to be correct;
That the president had put into
the minds of the American people
three great ideas; F'irst, the square
deal; second, conservation of re
sources; and third, systematic im
provement of farm life.
True, the "square deal" idea is
nothing new; it is only another ex
pression for the old Jeffersonian doc
trine of "equal rights and no spe
cial favor;;"; but it had been com
pletely trampled under official feet.
The second idea resulted In the
great, convention of governors last
spring, and from this beginning
great good will come.
The third and newest of the pres
ident's large suggestions is vastly
important, if It can be reduced to a
practical working basis.
President Roosevelt has assuredly
set In motion mlgh'y forces for the
benefit of the American people and
of humanity.
In Illinois Adlai E. Stevenson, ex-vice-presideut
; in Ohio Judson Har
mon, former cabinet member and
eminent lawyer; and in Indiana Colo
nel Marshall, a prominent and very
eloquent man, are the Democratic
candidates for governor. They are
all wealthy, experienced, elderly
men, and that they sought the nom
inations would seem to indicate that
they believe they have good chances
of election.
"Shall tiia peopMj rule?" inquires Mr
Ilryan a doxen times In bis speech nf
acceptance. Why, the fart is. nobody
objects to It. They go into their booths
te ns they Mnrn-xl plea.';p every tine-.
a id seem to he enjoying ns manv lndl-
v!ii".nl rights, privileges, cnucessions
:ir:l stunts fl s they did d'lr ng Cleve
land's administration." I" ndi-dori Tribune.
The, Vale Oriano and the Eugene
Register are worrying over the ques
tion and the Register says people
generallv are whether The Jour
nal will support Bryan or Hlsgen.
Whv don't the perturbed brethren
easily find out by reading The Jour
nal.
It only needs the beginning of a
lot of railroad building in Oregon to
make 1908 the best year yet, in spite
of decreased wheat crop, but every
year will be better and bigger from
this on.
who so participated ami who is. in
fact, a good all around American,
who will advise such a course Hav
ing had his fair showv-liefnro a frt-
u ......r, nave neen making some non-par-1 pj res t
uimiou aim i.- n-iuin. 1..1 '" I tisan efforts in these di rect ions, have j fc to l.e hoped that the great rail-iqtiare-deal
voter to uphold and de- . (0(n ekin to claim and take a I road niacr.ato will not he able to
lend th verdict arrived at. Most of prp(,tpr Itrt (n pMr affairs, and , BPf un all the routes from the north.
11, who but Senanr Fulton, who'.. flt themselves to do so. and to i he hs from the smith nd ii
of greater liberty and power of the
people.
Out here In Oregon" the people that recion. nrobahlv. that he n.
talk with Mr. Stanley. It
This Is pert and plausible, but
ina. iiao neon acquired n v otners. dnosn't bit tho i.nnt i
I'p In Alaska an independent can
di'lafe for delegate to congress has
beaten both the Republican and
DemocraMc candidates. Thia might
be a good example to follow in many
districts in the states.
Republicans necoiiilnc Aary.
Krora the flrlo News.
The Oregon machine, backed by the
national machine, will probably sie--e.
ed in dethroning Mr t ake, or mal-e
him but a figurehead chairman. Hut
hew will such action affect the rnalor
itv of the Republican party which
for t.anmiinte
,.., noin nateri linl vuieil
I I It, P. I 111 I ... M
and came near succeed Ine: and it ,.. v. .... fake? The K.-pun iran party 01 t.r.
is with reference to the situation in r share, nor anv chance nf Un,- ...
f' b'itipg the candidates to be voted,
for; they vote as not they, but the
bosses and ringleader! who pell them
out. "blame pleas1." And the Trlb-
hlmlf was ope of the principals in
the content, who journeyed nearly
7.000 mllf to limime a figure In
content, who as nef npant i'f the
highest oTflc within the gift of Ore
gon people, hut who failed In th
fheck and circumscribe the malign
activities of unscrupulous machine
politicians, but It is all "humbug",
"htirfnuihe."
All the "Roosevelt policies." which
Mr. Rryan and Governor Chamber
content, who more than he. b every )a)n an many Democrats as well as
obligation ot good faith. eo,nit . and j Kepubllrans approve, are very fine
kotwr. to tn inly bound to stand by i , i,r.n announced by the president.
tht election made? HaTlng entered , but ag 1hc t,.gt COmes of
Into b contest and arc-ptrl is r,r, .hm , t,m. mntt rinttine
conditions and 1 terms, who mrP thn ; lntri ,,rBrtiee. or elwting men
te nbonld hM by the fr -u! - f,,oring th.m. they re "humbug."
"buncombe-."
Into central Oregon, unless upon a
positive certainty that he will Im
mediately build a road, or roads
though of course enough money will
buy any such property or right.
there are now in Portland
This .state of affairs sh nw Severn 1
uoiigs in ine rirst place it is a sur-
evidence that the city Is growing rapid
ly, for there ar thousands of bujldings
going up. in every ipiarter or tl town
niiiicuires nre appearing as ir magic
and they are in most cases occupied be
fore the paint Is dry.
In ihe second place it shows that
business Is good, else there would be a
lot of vacant stores. And It Is sure tlint
v. uere there are so few places vacant
the rents must tie good, and at the same
time people would riot pay the big rents
uiuess ine nusiness justified It; so busl
ness Is surely good.
Look at tho matter from any stand
point and you must sec that Portland i
very prosperous, remarkably prosperous
or course the financial flurrv last fall
hurt some; but it hurt Portland less
than most any other city in the country
anu ner recovery was quicker than In
any or her sister cljles.
And then look at her financial rer
ord. 'Marx-Nous ' is the only word to
express It. perfectly marvelous! Three
name failures, and two of them most
awful bad ones, and both with large
liabilities, and yet not one single cent
lost by the depositors! In lee. I the word
"marvelous ' does nut half express the
state of affairs.
Kvery Oregoninn should be proud of
Portland, and proud nf her growth. Hv
tho united. Concerted efforts of all
of us that city will before many years
be the metropolis of the Pacific coast,
'that fact Is as sure as that the sun
."bines Her strategic position Is un
assailable, und supremacy will one dav
br- hers Just as sure, and because, water
flows '.down hill' Much trade has been
kept from her by shrewd compef-itors.
much lias been diverted bv others, an
a cident has much to do with keeping
her back, like the discovery of gold In
C..llfornia, which built up a gTeat cltv
down tht re.
But everything is now coming to
the advantage of Portland anrl tho Port.
land capitalists and business men are
at last shrewd enough to take advant
age of the situation, and consequently
l ortlan l Is coming Into her own.
And It means much to everv person In
Oregon to have a big cltv In the state.
It will help every fanner, every busi
ness ma i. every town and everv city tn
build up a great city on the Willamette
and the stars have written that we are
to have such a city, a cltv mistinpassed
in the west-the mistress of the west
and the Queen of the Pacific.
mines to buy foreiKii titles and castles
for their daughters and to bring dis
grace upon, the land which they have
plundered under the Raise of law.
An Optimist.
I haven't any use at nil for follcs who
start complalnln'
When dirk clouds cover skies o' blue an'
it begins a-rainin';
I like to see the drops come down In
blessed, welcome showers.
An' soak the earth so parched au' tirown'
an' kiss the grass an' flowers.
I don't believe we ought to kick becauso
the grav skies lower.
An' let the twtnklirt' raindrops glint on
bud an' branch nul flower.
It sort o' seems to me we 'ought to tune
our hearts In prnlses.
An' Join in with tlu .lov-songa of tliei
lilies an' the daisies.
There ln't any question that the blos
soms an' the grasses
W1H cheer ecch di.imon l-jewe!cd drop
of welcome rain that passes.
I kind o' sort o" know the birds will all
commence a-slnglu'
An' split their very throats with Joy
w here r ll:ey go a-wiugiti .
go never mini the murkv skies th
rields are all rejoicin .
WJth every bird an' bud an tree their
irlsd notes thev are voi'cln'.
Then let us he as thankful as the frail
est of the posies.
An' welcome every twinklln drop that
gleams among the rosles.
E. A. Biinlnstool, in I.os Angeles
Times. !
iren has rejected the machine crowd
the Fulton wing- and voted Ihe party
organllHtlon and management out of
the aforesaid machine tjam'.s Now
National Chairman Hitchcock is en
deavoring to reinstate the machine o;
Kultnn crowd In power again, who will
je every means possible, fair and un-
.,na la Ir.lro I , , w JX'r I" "'I'-" en-vl.l.n "I . .i.o.-i-
..... ... ......... ... i,,.. ore-. ln Rd ,,.,,, Kulton winter
gon voters ark to that condition. ' A the News vinrih matter, no
! better procedure Is poeslble to place
Oregon in the Rryan roltimn than that
An open Columbia river from Its i curse the Fulton peord". twrked by
ripper waters to the sea is Portland's I """msl nrgan'iatir.n ts now rursu
. , 1 'eg There are thousand of Republl-
l,re. The people of Portland mnl i n,r;. who are gr-atly dlsples.d with
understand this fprt in all its mo- ' tiirao platform and th Chicago
That Mr. O'Brien fhould be sent I nicntous import. It i. the open so- 1 . , "JuX.
for Is not significant, for Mr. O'Brien frame to Portland s future nrestire t They n.iht not hm'f be-n persuaded to
it v Uninr , . u i . . ., ' iii' for Mr Prvan, but to be run over
' an , rough-ehod In the
or her permanency
Is Harriman's executive arm In Ore
gon, and would ned to be seen In
Ml! a kolda Ita mate fiction on'
Peptcmbr 14. and Mr. Hitchcock
It frolaf to end nets prominent
cansr!cner down thr to trr to
kelp roll op rry Ur RePob)lra
iJorliy b encouragement, to tot
No humbug or ' uncomhe, though,
men and brethren, aliout Aldrich and
Rockefeller. ad the trnt and mo
norxv'l'e. and purrhane of eeata In
tb senate, and official treachery to
the pc-opla. O no; tbeee arc tbe
any event; but that the governor
with his well-known views, should
be Invited, may. as conjectured, be
which ts now
1s the key to bfing attempted win make them anry
her ultimate dominion as the lead- ! " Tt
:ne maritime city of the roast Th Democrats Hopeful.
. Successful Dry Farming.
From the I.nkevlew Kxamlner.
One of the successful "drv farmers"
of thin section, Joe Ambrose, lives about
11 miles west of l,akevlew. out on the
desert. He has .120 acres of land. nnn.
of which is Irrigated, but all of It can
be. If so desired.
On this land thia vear. wihich
sldered a most reniarkablv drv one hv
the old settlers and he Is one nf tho
old-timers, having resided here for 21
jrars i;o nns tine crops growing
r.bich show for themselves as to th
fortuity of the soil and Its exemntlon
from drouth. Among them are wheat
barley, rye. alfalfa, field neas or-
hum. coin, Russian millet, stock and
sugar beets. rape. carrots potatoes.
rutabagas- last year the latter welifho.i
as high aa 14 pounds apiece and all
kinds of garden vegetables all grown
without a bit of irrigation.
In addition to the above crops he
has n lot of fruit trees that are thrlfri
ar.d doing well, besides small fruits.
Air. a morose says tie is nerfertlv con-
terited. tlist he alwnva liked the ennntrv
Hnd that he came here 21 vears ago pre
pared tn stav. not too well-fixed as to
the world's goods nn:l he has no notion
t cnHnging ins i-itt"n. He drives
Bond rig and has the air of a prosperous
man.
The Examiner elves this Mnerli.!,
of Mr Vmh'-ose In support of the theory
v...... , oiMu uas none here
others an do If thev will come and lo
cate ant st.k to It till success and
! ot-rvcrity, sure to enme, is their re-wtrd.
"Turn the Rascals Out."
From the Seattle Times.
Kverv abuse from which the people
of this country suffer every criminal
trnot that feeds uoon the necessities of
the people everv high tariff-fed corpo
rationthe defective currency system
the dominance of the predatory rich In
government affairs, due to frying the
fat from the manufacturers the short
age of more than $160,000,000 In th
national treasury, and growing at the
rate of about $28,000,000 a month the
riotous extravagance in the appropria
tion of a thousand millions of honest
earnings of taxpayers by th last con
gress, and the results flowing from
these evils and culminating In the
"Koosevelt panic" anil the hard times
that have thrown thousands of men out
of employment all owe their existence
to the Republican party which has been
in absolute control for 12 years.
In any yea,r of the 12 it has been
within the power of the Republican
party to have put the criminal trus's
out "of business, to have revised the
robber tariff, to have perfected our cur
rency system, to have curbed the greed
of the predatory rich, to have reduced
expenditures to the basis of economy,
to have minimized. If not prevented, the
corruption and extravagance that now
afflict the country. But the Republi
can nnrtv has done nothing. President
Roosevelt trlel to do something, hut
the Republican party wouldn't let him.
What can William Howard Taft do?
Nothing. The lime has come for a
change.
"Turn the rascals out.
This Date In History.
I"34 Father Aulneau. the first mis
slonarv and martyr of the northwest, ar
rived 1n Quebec from France
17., ihe battle of Bennington
fousht
l.SS The Russian defeated tbe
French with great loss at Novl. north
ern Italr-
1 li Ietroit surrendered to the Brit
ish is:.1 The northern sea vna discor
ered by t'nptaln Franklin.
l.'S--Th strte of Ixdaware abolished
iiw iriMim sj-siem
profpect r,f it in thP fret of the
quite signilirani. v e may tage i; . advent of the North Bank mad. It
as at leaat a hopeful sign. the agency to be relied on for the
If Mr. Harrlman HI "turn ooe" romicg of other transcontinental svs-
and build needed roads within "his
territory" In Oregon, people will for
get and forgive the past. They will
not complain about rather high
rate, high enougQ to yield good
torn it !a to he the agency for de
liverance to the open aea and the
world's customers of tbe products
of a roromerrlal kingdom that In
area U undupHtated and onap-
I F-nm the Atlanta Jmirpal
It Is ni almoet undisputed f ct tiat
tbrcugheut the countrr there Is ji fnn
stsntlv growing rorfldene In the vie.
tnrv of the lmv-ratlr prty this year.
M'n who In previous vr-w r have bti
lukewarm tmvd Mr. Bryan are coming
fcr-r In his support, not fTt nn-tor-Itr
and falnt-hnd!r. hut with a
wboie and an frnet, honet por
pw It l In the ery atr that he will
trake better ruce than he ha rrr
mAm hefoTT. M the bwnTsnrr of tbe
Iniocrai la rising accordingly.
V -
lse Ifayette was created marshal
14 (Vngress penred a hill for the
exclusion and deportation of anarchists
Its John Young Brown waa nomi
nated for governor of Kentucky.
Wasted Opportunities.
"t"w dlil Tmi like my talk lot
night T aaked the beginner In tbe lec
ture flel 1.
"Well." replied the candid cr1."
"von didn't take advantage of rour
many oppnrtanltte.
I dldn tT"
"No. yos hsij a mimW of epportnnl
tlesi to ' rrutt be for rou did. Phila
delphia Frtsa.
Charles S. Mellen's I!irthdny.
Charles Sanger Mellcn. president of
the New York, New Haven HirtTnrd
railroad, nid considered one of the
ablest railroad officials of the rouiitry.
in. born In Lowell, Mass., on August
lfi. ISM. He received a fair education
In' the locsl schools of Powell and Cnn
r..i v 11 ami l.cEain his railroad ca-
I reer at the age of 1 ' year s, when. In
i rut;, i,e ontered as a clerk the office or
I the csshler nf the New York. New
I Haven Hartford railroad H" was
I nflrrmril Sucre ssl Vcl V clerk to the
chief engineer of the Centrnl et-mont
railroad and clerk In the treasurers de
portment of the Northern New Hamp
shire railroad In 173 Mr Mll"n en
tered the service of tn Boston. l;or-H
A Concord railroad and became, suc
cessively, assistant to the manager,
auditor 'superintendent and eeneral su
perintendent Tn lf h became gen
eral purchasing agent of the t nlon Pa
cific railroad and soon was promoted to
was he positions of assistant general ruan
i ager and jeneral traffic manager n nt
rod In 1905 he returned to ine. eaji ,
and b-me the general manager of the
New York A New Fngland railroad In
the same rear he was made se-ond vice
rreidcnt of the New York. New Haven
Hartford railroad, from which po'
tlon he changed to tha of president of
the Northern' Pactflc railroad. H
made president of the ew inn .-rw
Haven Hartford railroad In l?n3.
Some Question.
From the Burns News iRp
By what authority do the Oreronlan
presume to read men out of the Repnh
llcan partv and assume a dictatorship
at this trme? Pld It not renounce thsj
Republican partv Isst spring? Has It
not oppoeed eome of the most cherished
fundamental principles of the partv for
? rears' Has tt not aown the seed' of
disaffection and discord tn trfs ranks
mnt assiduously? Is this latest a
proposition oa Ita part t eome bark Intel
the eonnclla with the proviso that It
1 T1 L. . . hI snitA IV.A mm- Bi
. the rrtnew Kald all ta one 7 . .