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THE PORTLAND CONVENTION
THE EXPECTED happened. CoD.
' ventionism . stands " revealed.
One Incident of yesterday, ex
plains . why conventions are
wanted., The photographic copy in
this paper of a typewritten list of
- the legislative ticket is a part of that
Incident The list of names was pre
pared at a series of conferences at
which banking, street railway, gas
and other Interests were present. Ope
of these conferences was, held at a
local bank, another at the electric
light office and a third at the Im-
perlal , hotel. That : these : confer
ences were held to select legislative
candidates satisfactory to the inter-
ests that were party to these confer
ences, goes without, say lag. 'Why
, else were the conferences held!
Even before the legislative elate
was put through the convention, The
' Journal appeared on the Street, de
tailing the story of the facts about
the conferences, and gave the names
of the slated candidates. With but
a single exception, the state was put
through up to the time of adjourn-'
ment. It was more than four hours
before the slate went through that
The Journal s story was ' written. J
The overwhelming proof of the truth
of The Journal's announcement of i
the manner in which the legislative
ticket was thus framed up, is the
fact that If appeared before the bal-
loilng began, and that the typewrit
ten list of names was accepted by
the convention, with a single excep
. tlon. ' . .
Such is oveminent "by con ventlon.
This innocent, -virtuous assembly,
called an assembly to show how vir-
tuous it Is, -was : Btacked, ."packed,
framed up, and its legislative tioket
with one exception, was named by
"the Portland Gas company, the Port
land Railway, Light &, power, com
pany, 'the tanking 'interests v and
ether corporations.? Its boast that
it is virtuous is the boast of a painted
harridan that she is pure. For in
contestlble, unanswerable and con
clusive proof, read the ante-convention
, story in . Saturday evening's
Journal and compare the list of legi
slative candidates therein with the
, photographic copy of the typewritten
list handed around to the delegates
in the convention; , ,
, All this was expected, and it hap
pened. It is for such business that
conventions are held. It is for such
business that there Is effort to take
selection of candidates out of the I
lhands. oLtto jeoj)lea.anl..glvelJtaa i
conventions. It is the , means by
which gas companies, electric light
companies streetcar companies, rail
road companies, and -other corpora
tions land, trusted lieutenants in the
legislature. - -"
.. And thus, yesterday's assembly.
touted for Its alleged vlrtue-and
boasting that its delegates came
."straight from the people," was an
orthodox , convention. Even - the
knowledge that It was on trial and
ought to behave didn't count. The
cat is out of the bag, and there is not
the- slightest need for the voting citi
zen to be deceived. "
THE LINES DRAWN
T
HERE is one and but one com
manding political issue In Ore
gon. Yesterday's' political con
ventions in Portland and other
Oregon cities draw the line of bat
, tie. The contest is not one of po
litical parties.1: It is a vastly greater
contest than parties. It Is a renewal
In a newform of- the struggle be
tween the efforts of the few to con
trol the many and the effort of the
tnany who think for themselves tolten and almost always persecuted In
resist,
, 1 The device of the few for control
, ling the many Is, the convention. Yes
terday's assemblies were all conven
tions. In each there were delegates.
- In almost every one, the delegates'
Xere self-appointed. Thej gathered
t . .together and organized. Though self
appointed, they assumed to BDeak for I
all the people. They selected can- words, more Jews than other people,
CidateS. They DUt forward thnaoMn nmnntinr, nnrKA. V, ...... i
candidates as the official and offl
dally recognized candidates. What
cfso was it all but a convention, and
as complete a convention as was
ever held in Oregon? It is this tre
mendous fact, these conventions held
throughout Oregon i yesterdayV; that
makes the political issue in this state
and that Makejim issue beside which
all others are trivial. ;
There Is nd lawfoFholding" con
ventions In Oregon. Political par
ties that at the preceding election
east 25 per cent of the vote of the
state are prohibited , from holding
- Paxtg-xoavPnflong, The utegltprgy, tw, thmtglraTtOomeYoli
iuip, wneu n out was miroaucea for
the purpose, refused to make laMul
Ftich conventions a were held yes
terday. iiut th convention were eld.
Delegates assembled, jirganized and
selected candidates. The conventions
were held In spite of the fact that
they are forbidden by law. They
were held in spite of. the fact that
the last legislature refused to. make
them lawful, and left them still' un
lawful." They were held In spite of
the tremendous vote of nearly. 67,-
OoO for and only 16,000 againstby
which the pe'ople of the state by In
itlative law ordered them not to be
held. They were held by persons
who, when challenged to do so, re
fused to submit the . question to a
vote of- the people. ; They were held
by persons who. originally voted
against the direct primary, by de
feated candidates, under the primary
law.: by people who want the. elec
tion of senator thrown back into the
legislature, and by people opposed to
the Initiative and referendum. They
held these conventions without legal
authority,'; in defiance of the law,
and with" no other authority than
their own personal will, which they
have placed above the lawfully, ex
pressed will of the Oregon citizens.
Conventions are here, They have
been held. They" were held yester
day all over Oregon. Their purpose
is to take away the right to nominate
candidates from the electorate and
put It into the hands of a few man
aging men In a convention. They
desire -to take away from the- people
the right to choose senator and give
U to a few managing men in a legis
lature. They Intend as far as pos
sible to strip the people of the right
to make laws and veto bills and ap
propriations, and give it to a few
managing men In the legislature. The
whole plan la for the few to-, boss
and for the people to. be bossed. The
conventions will stay in Oregon, and
the many lose their power of partici
pation, in public affairs if those'eon
ventlons held yesterday elect their
candidates. Once in the seats of the
mighty, they will change the laws to,
suit their purposes. The die Js cast,
The gauntlet of battle has been
thrown down. The issue is inexor
ably fixed. :::.The: conventions have
been actually held.. The old discred
ited order is actually here. The dele
gates, the managing men, the pro
ceedings, the selection Of candidates,
the whole convention fact both in
form and substance took -place yes
terday. ' It was actually and literally
held and its candidates are afield. It
was not the sound, or promise- or
threat of a convention, but aNsoji
ventlon, not only In Portland,. bh
all over Oregon. And they are "hereN
to stay, and here to rule, and here to
boss, and here to beautifully pluck
the people of theJew- powers-they
have in public affairs.
No issue so Vital has been present-;
ed to Oregon people. They used to
sit helpless and see their' taxes voted
away by the legislature. They can
veto appropriations now. They used
to sit Impotent and see the legisla
ture reject measure after, , measure
that .they wanted. They can pass
their own laws nOw. They sat pow
erless and saw the legislature reject
a law taxing sleeping cars, telephone,
telegraph and other corporations.
But they passed the law themselves.
They used to see a few men In Port
land dictate the nominations for
governor and every other office, and
were powerless to Interfered But
the people nominate now, unless yes
rterday s conventions overturn the
laws and bring back the old order.
They used to sit helpless and impo
tent and see the legislature in sena
torial elections refuse to organize,
or spend the whole 40 days in fool
ing oVer''the uBenalqrsnipV The pe
pie chooBe their own senator now.
But- the. conventions are back,
They were held yesterday. The old
order is here and will again control,
unless the people resist. If ever an
issue was fairly and squarely pre
sented, it 1b presented in Ocegon this
year It is not an 'issue of party,
but of principle. It is not an issue
of partisanship, but of human rights.
It Is not a question of the triumph
of party, but of the equality of men.
The commanding and. only issue is:
Shall these conventions be permitted
to remain and rule, or shall the peo
ple attack and' drive them from the
state, and themselves continue to
rule?
JEWS AND IRISH
A
NOTABLE speaker of the past
week at the Willamette Chau
tauqua assembly was Rev.
Madison C. Peters, the topic
of one of whose lectures was The
Jews, of whom he Is not one. He
asserted and without ' difficulty, or
contradiction Droved that thono-h nf-
many ways and in all countries exr
cept the United States, the number
of Jews who had risen to eminence'
or prominence In" literature, in art,
In science, in politics, and in other
fields besides that of trade, In which
they are admittedly preeminent. Is
and has been far out of proportion
to the total
bly succeeded along all lines of en
deavor and usefulness. This prob
ably cannot be successfully disputed,
and It should give pause to people
of other races and religions when
they feel Inclined to defeplse or cen
sure the Jews though In this coun
try such people are few and not de-
rnonstrative.
The same thing could be said of a
very different people racially and re
ligiously, the Irish. They, too, have
so , nation of their very own, that
for centuries they have dreamed of,
longed for and formerly fmnrht
population sun mnablts the "ould
country," have scattered out among
all the countries and lieoples of the
earth. To this land of the free came,
naturally and numerously, both the
. .. fiii
Jew and the Irishman, so different
In the respects mentioned, yet alike
In power of achievement; and ln
computably poorer in every way thit
country would have been but for
them. Innumerable Jews and Irish
men have succeeded greatly here,
and as a rule no citizens have better
deserved success or been'toiore loyal
to our government. The racial traits
and religious traditions of the Jew
he retains wherever he may be dis
persed, but in America the Intelll
gent eniigntenea jew becomes an
Ideal citizen, active and often fore
most in all good works. The Irish
man, born In Ireland, or of Irish pro
genitors, i never, loses . his love, like
that for a dear old -mother,' for the
Emerald Isle, but he is almost In
variably an enthusiastically patriotic
American for all that .
This week the national convention
of the largest and most influential
society of Irishmen, the Hlbernlaps,
will meet in Portland. . Thousands
of good, Jolly, bright, earnest, vigor
ous, red-blooded ? Irish-Americans
from all parts of the country will be
here. Let us all, insofar as oppor
tunltyy offers, give them a cordial
sincere welcome. America has - all
along owed much to the Irish, but
they will acknowledge that they have
all along been collecting the debt,
with mutual advantage to both the
country-and themJWeUmayJt tie
Green of Erin float and flutter along
with the Red, White and Blue of
the Stars and Stripes. -
TOO MUCH MJCROBEISM
,y: iv. -. ,Xi
A
MAGAZINE says that the spec
tacle of microbes, enlarged 30,
000 times, showing their actlv.
itles in the human blood, will
soon be thrown on the white screens
of moving picture theatres as well as
before bodies of students. This may
start a discussion as to whether these
pictures ought not also to be sup
pressed. Such an, exhibition will be
II . M r
weu enougn ior meaicaj students
and would do no harm to a large
proportion of adults, but would it
not do more harm than good to
young people and to another large
proportion of grown people? It is
wen to De informed about , our
bodies, and what Is going on in
them; our blood and what it contains
and how it operates; about the pro
cess of life, growth, health, decay
and dlsease,fijfeiently to enable us
to take . dueafe of ourselves and
live rattonlly-ffbit a plausible ar-
cumenf could? he jfo&de Balnot thin
magnified ppitrture to all sorts of
people of meVijnicrobes that swarm
m the red Ilf h current of the body.
Oneof the most essential things
to healthand longevity is optimism
regarding one's physical condition, a
belief that he is healthy. Half the
diseases with which mankind and es
peclally womankind, is afflicted are
largely. Imaginary. In the physical
as well as In the moral realm. It is
often the case that "as a man think
eth, so la he." In a multitude of -In
stances, make a person believe his
blood is swarming with mal-mi
crobes and he will become ill from
that source alone. There has been in
fact a great deal of exaggeration and
altogether too much talk by Bclen
tlfic faddists about malignant mi
crobes on and in everything touched
or tasted.
Knowledge is good, and truth
should not harm; but within the
bounds of knowledge and truth peo
ple should be led to be optimistic
hopeful, cheerful, about themselves
Load the average person uri with
trillions of bad microbes, even imag
inary ones, and he will become de
spondent, weak and ill. What the
world needs for its health and hap
plness 4a hope, courage, faith, cheer
ruiness, confidence optimism re
garding the -present and the future
DAN J. MALARKEY -
T
HE POWER of the .anti-assem
bly movement Is typified In Dan
J. Malarkey. He is against the
assembly, and he Is a powerful
political figure,. His candidacy for
state senator in opposition to the as-
Bembly candidate was announced the
day before the convention was held
Its effect in strengthening the oppo
sition to the convention plan will be
electrical. It Is notice to the state
that substantial and powerful men
will fight for the preservation of the
direct primary,
The whole state knows Dan Ma
larkey. His antagonism to conven
tioh slates stood but clear on his first
Lentry int0 Multnomah county poll-
tics. He was powerful enoueh in
1904 to break up the program in a
packed convention and force his own
nomination on the legislative ticket.
It was one.of the dramatic political
episodes of the time, and is reflective
of the plans and purposes that have
since guided Mr. Malarkey in his
public career. An equally significant
episode in Mr. Malarkey's public life
occurred at the legislative session of
1907. He was a holdover Benator,
having been elected before Statement
No. 1 became a method in Oregon.
Though opposed to Mr. Bourne for
senator, Mr. Malarkey ; recognized
him as having received the highest
number of popular votes, and voted
to ratify the people's verdict.
The state needs men like Mr. Ma
larkey in the public service. . His
view of government is that all Just
powers are derived, from the consent
of the governed, and that Vuch con
sent Is expressed at the ballot box
and by law. He holds that the di
rect primary should stand , until it
shall be amended or repealed in a
lawful manner. He believes that the
people's will, and that, until chanced
or repealed, it should be obeyed. It
Is a sound, wholesome doctrine, and
makes Mr. Malarkey a true tribune
of the electorate.
His record, his daily IJfe, frnd his
aspirations commend Mr. Malarkey'!
candidacy. - lie is a citizen in whom
there is no flaw. He is a Republi
can who is Bound to the core. In
official life, his act3 have been un
aspersed and unchallenged. He
the clean, straightforward, able and
upright type of man desired and de
sirable In the public life of any state
He ought to be, and will be, nomi
nated and elected, and his election
will be a victory for the people and a
defeat of proxy government by man
aging men. '.
THINK OF SOMETHING
PLEASANT
A
SENTENCE) in an exchange
makes a good text. It was:
"Think of something pleasant,
This Is fine advice. . A great
proportion" of ; people are prone to
think of something unpleasant;- of
evil, of crime and sin, of weakness
and folly; to think with vain regrets
of the. past, and dark forebodings of
the future; to look oh the dark side
of things and believe and expect the
worst pf everybody and everything.
Don't. Quit it. Think of some
thing pleasant. '
- Many a person in speaking of oth
ers, always says something unpleas
ant of them, is. critical,: censorious,
sees and talks of nothing but their
faults;" he sees motes in all other
people's eyes, unconscious of the
beam in ( his own. Try to' reform.
Say something pleasant, compliment
ary, encouraging, appreciative, about
others.
Vital an infinite variety of pleas
ant things there are in the world,
after all, to think and speak about
Merely to mention them all the space
in .this big Sunday Journal would
not suffice. Since this Is so, why
think and speak unpleasant things?
fay as uuie attention to tnem as
comports with duty and is forced by
necessity, and pay more attention to
the uncountable ' multitude of pleas
ant things. This, if people could and
would do It, would do more than all
other agencies, combined to reform
the world. - .
Think of something pleasant "the
first thing in-the morning, in the
evening, as you go to bed,: often
through the day. Thinking thus, you
will speak pleasantly, act pleasantly,
will please others, will be happy,
yourself.
MARJORY MAIIR
ITH A PORTION of both
lower limbs gone, Miss Mar-
Jory 'Mahr lies in a Portland
hospital. She is the victim
of an unfortunate accident in which,
a few days ago, she was caught on
a bridge and run over by the loco
motive of an approaching train. She
Is a child of the great tolling throng
whose worldly means are slender and
whose resources are few. Even her
power to -earn for a long time is
taken away by the hapless conditions
of the cruel accident. It is a sit
uation that must touch the sympa
thies of the busy, bustling herd that
makes up the dally life of Portland.
Miss Mahr is a young actress and
two benefit performances are to be
given for her at a local theatre. As
a guarantee that the fund shall reach
Miss Mahr, the entire proceeds of
both performances are to be placed
in the hands of responsible newspa
per men for disbursement. Remem
bering that the Btricken girl must be
an. invalid for honths and maimed
forever, what hand will refuse to
open for this benefit? What Is life,
and what are men and women if
there is no succof for the helpless?
There is said to be a case of hy
drophobia, the victim a boy now in
a Portland hospital, he having been
bitten by a dog several months ago
In Columbia county. This is believed
ldljethe" first case of hydrophobia,
If it Is one, that has ever developed
in the state, or, perhaps, in the Pa
cific northwest It Is a singular af
fliction, and is now rare In other
parts of the country, whereas it was
formerly quite common. Several
prominent physicians and specialists
have during recent years made ex
tended arguments that there Is real
ly no such disease as hydrophobia;
that is, that the afflicted person's
condition Is not the .physical result
of a dog bite, but is a mental aberra
tion, resulting in the physical phe
nomena displayed. Many physicians
hold this view, and talk and teach it,
and this may be one reason why hy
drophobia has so greatly decreased
and almost disappeared as one of the
Ills of humanity. " As to whether the
disease is real, in respect of being a
result of a dog's bite, or only a se
ries of nerve spasms originating in
the brain, the doctor's disagree; but
whichever theory may be correct,
there Is the boy, the victim, whether
of bite or of hallucination, and he
presents an interesting and a pitia
ble case.
Senator Bristow of Kansas, be
cause he Is not in entire accord with
the administrAion In BOme matters,
because he is an "Insurgent." has
been deprived of the federal "patron
age" usualijrat the disposal of sena
tors; though a Republican senator
his recommendations for federal of
ficers In his state are not considered,
This Is rather small politics for a
man as big as President Taft ought
to be.. . Bristow was1. chosen by the
people of Kansas, not by a clique of
politicians, or a combination, of cor
porations. He suits the people of that
state, and for, that reason he ought
to suit the president, even if the two
cannot altogether agree. , .;
The Journal has shown on various
occasions that it has no disposition
"knock" or "run down" Seattle:
on the other hand it has often com
plimented that fine." big. ernwlr,
city;eo it is through ho spirit of
jealousy or ill will that the remark
Is made that Portland is now and for
some months past has been growing
ana developing and pushing ahead
faster and in 'a more substantial way
than Seattle. The Increases here in
building permits, real estate transac
tions, bank clearings and postoff ice
receipts are far greater than those
of the Puget sound metropolis, which
in a number of instances shows a de
crease irom tne ngures or a year
ago. Seattle will grow right along,
and will be. a very big city in, due
time, but we believe it is not a nar
row local prejudice that induces the
confident belief that Portland will
show up far ahead of that city in
population and other - respetts in
1920, and thereafter.
Mr. Pinchot in a speech awhile ago
said it was better and more Import
ant to be a good citizen than a good
Republican. He enlarged upon that
Bentiment Friday at Kansas City,
when he said: ,
The fundamental Idea of conserva
tlon is to mak ot this country la better
home tor the race -and to make the
race a better one in that home. The
nation should think about its marvelous
riches. - Conservation does not mean to
top development, but so to use . the
country's natural ' resources ; that the
people who come after us may. also ea-
joy tnem. i
I believe a new school of politics is
coming- lit the United States. This new
chop! will . deciawhetheth -country
shall be ruled by money . for profit
or by men for human welfare. The es
sential questions before the ceonle are
outside of party lines.
These are right true sentiments,
spite of all partisan palaver or bois
terous buncombe. r
The frequent destruction, of horses
by fire, and just now, la particular,
the burning of a large number of
horses fn the .old Exposition building,
should prompt action on the part of
city authorities to prevent such holo
causts. Not only is the destruction
of horses s, large loss to their own.
ers, but a humane consideration for
these .faithful and admirable animals
Bhould induce whatever actiona ls
practicable to save them from such
a fate. Valuable suggestions having
this end in view have been made by
Mr. Joseph Buchtel and others and
It Is a matter that the council will
do well to consider. . Thousands of
horses that are burned to death an
nually in stables could doubtless be
saved by proper precaution.
In the case of Paymaster Haughy
of Indiana the naval authorities seem
to have tried to show how far, they
could, go in meting out injustice.
While Haughy was sick, some clerk
or other person embefzied a consid
erable sum of money, Haughy know
ing nothing about It. Officially, how
ever, hr was responsible, and so as
soon as he was able to attend to
business he repaid the money out of
his own pocket. There was no sus-:
plclon of his guilt Yet he is dis
charged from the service in official
disgrace. What sort of justice la
this?
The wisdom of the last legislature
in passing the pilotage bill for the
Columbia river, and of , the Portland
commercial organizations and citi
zens that urged its passage on the
legislature, is how apparent Not only
has the service, with competition,
been greatly improved,' but the pi
lotage charges have now been cut in
half by the commission from $5 per
foot draft to $2.50, and from 2 cents
to 1 cent per ton register. This re
duction of charges will make Port
land more than ever a favorite port,
and will be a great commercial bene
fit '
The English suffragettes are pre
sumably 'rejoicing and hopeful. The
house of commons this week passed
a woman suffrage bill to a second
reading by . a large . majority But
this leaves it a long way yet from
passage. ' . It waB referred to a com
mittee that will not report till the
next session of parliament, and the
report may be adverse. And then
there is the house of lords; it can
July 17 in History
During the French revolution, among
those who had placed faith in the Gir
ondists and their Ideals, was a young
woman of noble birth of Normandy,
Charlotte Corday. When the mob of
Paris rose and. drove with Insult from
the convention those who, in her eyes,
were the heroic . defenders of the uni
versal principles of truth and Justice,
she bitterly resented the wrong that
had been done, not only to the men
themselves, but to that France of which
she regarded them as the true reprer
sentatives. '
Owing to Marat's persistent cry for
a dictatorship and for shedding of
bloodi it was. he who, in the ' depart
ments, was accounted ;eSDeclallv re
sponsible both for the expulsion of the
Girondists and for the tyranny which
now began to ' weigh so heavily upon
the whole country as it had long
weighed" upon the capital
Incapable as all then wero of com
prehending , the causes -, which had
brought about the fall of the Giron
dists, Charlotte Corday imagined that,
by putting an end to this man's life,
she could also put an end to the sys
tem of government which he advo
cated. Informing her friends that she
wished to visit England, she left Caen.
and traveled in the diligence to Paris.
On her arrival she purchased a. knife,
and afterwards obtained entrance into
Marat's bouse on the pretext that she
brought news which she desired to com
munleate to him. She knew that he
wuld be eager to obtain Intelligence
of the movements of the Girondist dep
uties sun in Normandy.
Maratjas ill ftUJia timeand in
bath when Charlotte Corday was ad
mitted. She gave him the names of
the deputies who were at Caen. "In'
a few days," he said, as he wrote them
hastily . down, VI will have -them all
guillotined in -Paris." ' ; . -
As she heard these words she pliinsred
the knife Into his body and killed him
TWe-sl0frTlie-"crOtfereT, bythe
muraerea . man was heard, and Char
lotto, .who did not attempt to-escape,
was c"a.ptur4d and conveyed to orison
amid the murmurs - of an angry mobi
It had been, from the first, her in.
tentlon to i sacrifice her life for the
cause of her country, and , glorified In
ner aeea, shs i metjJeatb. , w J tb, . etfjjcal
veto any bill yet except a revenue
bill. Yet woman suffrage seems
nearer accomplishment in Great
Britain than In this country. "
A Democrat who has registered as
a - R-epubllcan - presided over - yester
day's holy convention In Portland.
Democrat who has also registered as
a Republican was his opponent for
the chairmanship. Is It- to capture
the holy assembly that the Demo
crata are registering as Republicans
and did they not nearly get It, boots
and breeches? ..What trouble these
pestiferous Democrats do make!;
To Prolong Human Life.
From the Technical World Marailne,
The scientific world in France Is now
In a state of agitation and of . contro
versy over the announcement recently
made by Dr. Eugene Louis Doyen.
famous physician and surgeon, that h
has produced a- therapeutic agent which
he calls mlcelyslne and which he, asserts
wiu greatly prolong numan lire ana rev.
olutlonize the nractice of medicine. This
discovery is the result of ten years" of
aiuay in wnicn ne nas applied the
theories of Professor Ell Menhniknff.
ruie veneraDie neaa or tne fasteur In
k. .. . "-'
Utute, to the creation of a new phar
macopeia. -
"It is feasible," said Professor Mech
nlkoff. with his habitual caution, when
questioned "Concerning Dr. Doyen's dis
coyery. "But I can-; scarcely permit
myself . to .hope that we nave reached
this point so soon. It is a devious path
we have been pursuing, and while I am
confident orulumfttesucces I must
refrain from expressing an exact onln
ion Until the data of experiments are
more nearly complete." :- 't ;..;
Dr. Doyen himself Is unreservedly
enthusiastic. He declares that he and
his assistants have observed the cura
tive effects of mlcolyslne In hundreds
or cases, and that among his own pa
tients -are many prominent men who
have been cured of long-standing dis
eases and who now use mlcolyslne as a
preventive, i . . . ,
"I cannot yet consent." said Dr.
Doyen, "to make public - the process of
manufacture of mlcolyslne, or to reveal
its chemical composition. Some of the
component parts are very-rare, and the
compounding of the substance is a dell
cate process requiring the close atten
tlon of one thoroughly familiar With the
subject, and In touch with, the studies
that have occupied me for many years,
I will, however, explain something of
tne-cnaraoter oi my researches and dis
coverles. - '
"It has been well established, that in
an organism rendered Immune against
disease tne white globules of the blood,
the phagocytes, are the protectors of
the organism against the microbes. It
has been my hope, not merely to in
crease the number and the strength of
tnese globules to resist certain attacks
of deadly microbes, but to render them
permanently, or at any rate, for lona
periods capable of carrying on - their
protective tasks. To produce this
hyperphagocytose, or state Of immunity.
sougnt a substance contained In the
natural ferments. I had long Investi
gated the fermentations of alcohol such
as are found in wine and beer, as well
as those In the-putrefaction of butter.
and the fats of meat and cheese,' Mlco
lyslne is composed of colloids. These
are Jelly-like substances which are not
realty soluble, but which remain sus
pended in liquids in infinitesimal par
ticles. Ttiey are extracted from some
of the ferments of which I have snoken
but are -obtained by such processes as
maice tnetr manufacture for therapeu
no purposes at present very difficult
iney have the power to destroy mt
croDes, and when introduced into the
organism they stimulate and assist the
phagocytes, which are accustomed
largely to disappear when their imme
diate work is done. 'By the absorption
oi micoiysineonto the human system
not only as a cure but as a preventive
it Is possible to ward off maladies, Ho
stimulate the phagocytes in times of
danger and to condition the body at any
moment to sustain the attacks that are
constantly aimed at it by the thousands
of enemies of human life that minute
ly infest the air, and water and the
rooa tnat nourishes us.
A Wonderful Apple Tree.
Experienced growers predict that the
Fraier apple tree, growing in the Walla
Walla valley near Walla Walla, will
yield between 160 and 200 bushelaiof
rruit this season, thus breaking Us rec
ord of 126 boxes In 1907, the highest
production from a single tree known
anywhere in the world. The tree bore
70 boxes in 1906. 42 boxes in 1908 and
s boxes in 1909. -More than 500 bar
rels of fruit ha,ve been picked from its
limbs since it came Into bearing the
spring of 1871,
The tree was grown - without irriga
tion from a seedling, planted by Cantrel
R. Frazer In 1886, two years after he
settled in the valley. It is 42 feet high
and Its branches spread .67 feet from
tip to tip.
There will be large crops of wheat
auu uii nruuna uervais.
Charlotte Corday
indifference.
"I killed one man," she said, when
brought before the revolutionary
court, "in . order to save the lives of
iuu.vuo outers. - .
Marat's -murder brought about con
trary results to those which the woman
who Ignorantly and rashly had flung
wy ner uie nopea oy tne sacrifice
w enem. jiiarai was regarded as a
martyr of , no small portion of the
wonting population of Paris. Hl mr.
der excited indignation beyond the com
paratively narrow circle of those who
wok an active part in nominal Hf.
While at the same time It added a new
impulse to the growing cry. for blood,
It is difficult to analyze th a hn.rn.
ter of . Charlotte Corday, we lfnow so.
mtie or it; but there was in it much
that was noble and exalted. Her mind
had been formed by her studies. on a
pagan type. To Barbaroux and the
utronaists or uaen she wrote from her
prison, anticipating haonlness "with
Brutus in the Elyslan Fields,' after her
aeain, ana with this letter she sent a
simple loving farewell , to her father,
revealing a tender side to her charac
ter that Otherwise' we would hardly
have looked for in such a woman. It
was on July 15, 1793, Charlotte Corday
killed Marat, and she was guillotined
on July 17. . '., ' ; ... . ,
She Is said to have preserved" her
Calmness to the last, except a moment
ary shudder when she saw the guil
lotine. She recovered herself imme
diately, and placed herself In position
Under the fatal blade without assist
ance, from anyone. '
July 17is the date of the battle of
Kllllcrankie'in 1689; of the starting of
London "Punch'Mn 1841: of the first
successful experiment in stellar photography-
In 1850; -and the beginning of
the Franco-Prussian war in 1870. It la
the birthday of Dr. Isaac Watts fl7!
Of 4'lirjdgaJjerry,-KlcaJiraaldent-mwwl
mauiBun. ana wno is responsible for the
word "Gerrymander" (1744): Thnma.
Pickering,, secretary ; of stat nM.a
Washlngtori (1745); John Jacob Astor,
founder of the Astor family in America
U(oj; ana wartm F. Turner. th tr.n.
lish poet 1810. It is the data of th
death of the Second Earl Grey, prime
dumber oi xAgia.no. iu -
Nev.-i Forecast of
Week
Washington. July 16. President Taft
will extend the 10 days' vacation now
ended by taking a 10 days' cruise on
the yacht Mayflower, beginning Mon
day. Accompanied by all the members
of his immediate family, by his brother,
Horace D. Taft, and by as many friends
as the limited quarters of the May
flower will accommodate, the president
will sail up the north coast as far as
Bar Harbor, stopping at several other
resorts and points of interest on the N
way.",' ';.-:'.;,, -.:. :,..'.-
Pursuant to the call of Governor
Campbell the legislature of Texas will
convene in special session Monday. The
specific purpose of the session as named
in the call is to repeal the fire insur
ance rating board law. and to. enact such
other legislation as will prevent a com
bination or trust of fire Insurance com
pantes. . : ;-r
Four days after the special session
convenes the Democrats of Texas In a "
primary election will nominate a state
ticket and members of the legislature,
one United States senator 'and 16 mem
bers of congress, ' Nominations are
equivalent to, election. Seven of the 1 '
congressmen have opposition. United '
States Senator Culberson will be in
dorsed for another term without oppo
sition, The contest for "governor, with '
four leading aspirants in the race, !
exceedingly spirited. : -. Constitutional -prohibition
figures as practically . the
sole issue of the campaign. " .
Friday Is the day chosen forlhe for. i.
mat-opening of the new international
bridge across the Rio Grande river be
tween Brownsville, . Texas, ; and ! Mataw i
moras. . The completion of this hrid
establishes a new gateway between the
United, States and Mexico and new '
international rout between St t.ahu
Chicago, New Orleans,, Memphis, Hous
ton, Dallas and other American centers,
and the City of Mexico. ., 4
. interest or all devotees of the game
of chess will be fixed
where an international masters' tourna
ment will be opened Monday. The tour
nament will be the biggest event of the
year in the chess world. The entrants
include Marshall, Capablanea. 1 Lasker, -Schlecter,
;'Tarrach. Janowskl, -Rubin
stein and other famous masters.
A special session of. the NIcaras uan
congress - will - assemble Wednesday tr
consider a. large foreign loan and the
reorganisation of the- monetary system.
The proceedings of the : conrrafii will
be followed with Interest in view of
the present revolutionary disturbances -in
Nicaragua. :.
Other conventions of the.eir h.
will attract more or less attention will
Include the meetings of th AmnnMat.A
Advertising Clubs in Omaha, the Na
gtional Dental association In Denver, the
olorado Stotfkgrowers association in
rand JunctJbn and the South Dakota
Dry FarirOng Congress in Rapid City.
The People vs. the Legislature,
From the Cottage Grove Leader. "
The Oregonlan and a few parrot-Ilk
country dailies' are prating about the '
Inability of the voters te. study and
vote Intelligently on thirty-two' meas
ures which will be tacked On the of-
rielal balIonnNovember. The Leader
sees no cause to "view with alarm" the
fact that it Is up to the neonle Instead
of the Oregon legislature to pass upon
a few important legislative measures.
We would like to know how much more
competent a legislature is to assemble,
organise and in forty days pass upon
fifteen hundred' or two thousand bills,
than are v the legal voters of the state, -after,
three months' deliberation . and
Investigation, to pass upon ths merits
or demerits of only thlrtyHwo meas
ures. It Is a well known fact that not
on legislator out of ten ever reads
more than the title of scores M bills
which ar railroaded through the leg
islature, and -the unscrupulous trading .
and trafficking on measures In the Ore
gon legislative halls is an evil which
the voters of the state would spurn
even if such a thing were possible,
hence an initiative measure, after un
prejudiced and impartial consideration,
must win or lose on Its merits, but not
so with a measure In the legislature,
where bartering, private and, corporate
interests and monetary considerations -more
often conspire to seal the fate of
proposed legislation. Between the leg
islature and the people the Leader
would a thousand times rather take its
chances with th latter. -
-v . .
The Orange and Good Roads,
in a recent address Honorable K. J.
Bachelder, master of the national
grange,-said:; -.r-r- '
"During all the years of its exist
ence, the grange has preached the sos-
pel of good roads, and has urged upon
our state and national legislatures the
importance of this great economic re
form. For a long time the demand of
the farmers for more liberal policies
of road improvement seemed to make;
little Impression on our lawmakers, but
persistent agitation finally brought
results, and we now see in all directions
proof that the question of improved 1
highways has become one of the princi
pal state and national Issues. To the
voices of the farmers demanding- lars-er
appropriations for Improved roads, we
now. nave added those of the manufac
turers merchants, and other business
men,- who realise that prosperity of our
country depends on the prosperity of
our agricultural interests, and that bet
ter roads win do more to Improve the
welfare of the farmers, and indirectly
the people as a whole, than any other
reform. The agitation for good roads,
originating w.lth the farmers, and for a
long time conducted 'almost entirely 'by
them, has broadened out into a great
national movement,, which 1 destined
to give this country a complete svat.m . .
of improved roads, equal to the best in
uie wono. s
' Predicts Defeat.
Flint Badfordln Hood River News.
We will venture the prediction that
anyone that is nominated on the as
sembly ticket for either state or tn.
eral office will suffer defeat and sub
mit the following-. as our reasons to
base our opinion.
The primary law was In itself a
state measure passed by th naonK
through the assembly of the state leg
islature. Now the Oregonlan has taken
unto itself to set the primary law aside
and to state, "Our way Is the true way,
you are the wrong." '
I have spoken, to a number hr whn ' -
feel- that through the assembly some
ngnt win nave been abrogated unto '
them and. they, the people snoken to.
will have .none of It. , t , ' , .
The history of th Oreronlan has
been, and I guess it always will bo.
that It never has been in accord wlttr
the Republican party in this state.
Thislaccounts for -its many political"
defeats.
The common people will not sunnort
the assembly candidate. , If there ar
any changes In the xlsting Conditions
to be made we prefer to do it our
selves, and we will In November.
Skeptical.
foHrrcKcB.1" "
Little Girl Look,. Auntie, there's a
poor man with ft wooden leg. Can't I
give him a penny? 1
Aunt Certainly not dear. I Kiv ni
doubt he's an impostor.
A necessarv Dart nf a. nni, ........
tlon In a cttv is to bem n
automobil dodger.