The Oregon daily journal., July 21, 1910, Page 8, Image 8

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; Holiness is an infinite com.
passion for others. Greatness It
to take the common things of
life and walk 'truly among them.
Happiness Is a great love, and
much serving. Olive Schrolner.
FOLK BEES
HORMER GOVERNOR FOLK em
phatically commends the Ore--gott
primary- law, - Of bourse,
he Bays, members of a party
or any organization can assemble for
consultation and mutual advice, "but
when such an assembly .nominates a
ticket and attempts to bind' mem
bers of the political party, .repre
sented by the assembly, to that ticket
there Is, in effect, a nullification of
the primary law." That la Just the
point, the starting point The assem
' Myites Intend to nullify the primary
law altogether.
Gov. Folk further says that "if Re
publicans consider themselves nound
under party discipline to. support the
men. nominated at the assembly, then
the effect ' would be bad, as there
would be then virtually a return to
the old convention idea." The as
eemblyites are endeavoring by every
means la their power so to bind Re
publican voters, but will not suc
ceed, v The: voters will not stretch
out their hands, to- receive shackles
Governor Folk added: ,The rem
edy for existing evils is not in the
direction of .less government by the
people, ' but ' more government 5 by
the people. The Initiative and refer
endum are measures tending to give
the people more power to run their
own government - TheEe measures
ere neither radical nor dangerous.
As some one has similarly remarked,
Mayor Gaynor perhaps, "The remedy
for Democracy is more Democracy."
The"; Missouri statesman ? regards
these Oregon measures as "very Im
portant In the cure of corruption."
The whole electorate can't be bribed.
Nor is there iuuch danger of legisla
tive bribery when the people can
undo the legislature's work. ; Folk
says:. .';.-rv , v ..
"These measures reduce corruption
by lessening the incentive for corrup
tion.; A legislature tinder them can
not sell a clear title." v;; V
today's coxrEynoy v ;
STATE convention Is in ses
sion .In, rortland. : The last
convention of the sort nomi
nated Furnish'. Furnish was
beaten. The direct primary was, not
then in existence. i
. In form today's convention' is ex
Furnish, - It has delegates. The col
lective delegates claim they are act
ing for' the party. ".They are naming
, a ticket. In the process, they are
selecting . certain men and refusing
the nomination to others. . This is
exactly what the Furnish convention
dil It la all the Furnish conven
tion did.; In all these respects the
two are exactly alike,
But the Furnish, convention was
lawfuL Section 2791 of the Oregon
code authorized it; The present con
vention is unlawful. ; IV was to for
bid such - conventions, that the pri
mary law was passed. 'Section 11 of
that law says: "Every Buch political
party Bhall nominate all its 'candi
dates for public office under the' pro
visions of this law;, and ' not ; in sny
other manner and "it 4 shall. .not,, he,
allowed to nominate any candidate in
the manner - provided by -; eectlon
2791." -It wai- under the' authority'
ot this section 279 i that the Fur
nish ;conyention was held,1 It Is by
section 11 of the : primary law that
today's convention is forbidden. ' '
What a desperate game the inen
in today's, unlawful convention' are
. ri3JinSvx.It.the i?lain iawnot to
j-reyail against their will, why should
it prevail against the man who steals
a loaf of bread for a starving fam
- ily! j If these persons wanted to
hold a convention, why did they not
submit tne ; question v to the people
who made the primary law? " in ths
end,, what 1 but harm 'f ever, comes
from violating1 the; law? If when
, ; nominated in a legally held conven-,
tloni ' Furnish was beaten,: what- is
t he prospect for the governor and
other candidates ; nominated in an
illegally held convention? ; Wbat an
example is set by today's conven
tion before the youth of Oregon, a
convention that the last legislature
refused to make lawful.
The direct primary law says:, va.II
qualified electors who wish" tOHsefve
, the people in an elective public of
fice arc rightfully entitled to equal
oprortunltieg under the law." To
day's convention declares that only
its candidates Bhould be supported
for elective public office. v The law
fays every candidate shall have equal
t hance. Today's convention eays its
nominees shr.ll have preference.
in r ., . u.c, u an oien ana . orazea
(IluMbedlecce of law. It ia-nuirifica-
tlon of law. It Is defiance of law.
It i an attempt to overthrow ind set
i tii lwj TI.o law say all candl
i'. .;.,:-. thnl Lava "equal? opportu
4nity";-th9 convention eays its .nom
inees Bhall have preference. The two
are in conflict 13 the convention
bigger than the lawT If' the con
vention can thus violate law, why
send a sneak thief to jail for violat
ing law? Is there in this Etate one
conscience for politics and another
for daily conduct? . Is there one,
moral standard for public affairs and
another, for private affairs? , Does
participation in politics give license
to do things otherwise forbidden? Is
law for the criminal and not for the
pblitician?' If so, heaven help the
country. . ,
But the convention is here. It is
such a convention a3 nominated Fur
nish." It Is like the convention that
prepared the way for a Democratic
governor. It has delegates. It has
committees. ?? It has ? a? chairman.
Men are making nominating speeches.
Votes are being cast for candidates.
Certain candidates are being select
ed. It is doing all that the law de
clares It shall not do. "Whither are
we drifting, and what will be the
end?
W HY TRUST PROXIES?
w
E ARE holding conventions
now In Oregon. They have
been heralded 1 as i virtuous
conventions. ' As ; a guaran
tee of their innocence and purity, the
name "assembly" has been given
them, , , , . . '
'But at the very outset our proxies
deceived us. We trusted thejr prom
ises and allowed them, to perform.
The flrstV thing , they, did was to ac
cept ; the corporations legislative
slate. They held up their right
hands in solemn profession of "how
good they . were and with the ' left
rammed the slate through. Their
voice was the ' voice' of ; Jacob, but
their hand ' was the ; hand ot EsauJ
Their promise was that .. they were'
acting for the people, but In' per
formance they hoisted a legislative
ticket O. K-ed lo secret conferences
by agents of Portland gas, electric
light, railway and other corpora
tions. It is a scandal so, open and
so notorious that every newspaper in
Portland except , the . Oregonian Is
telling about it - . , ; . 1
Doubtless many of the delegates
were themselves deceived. .They did
not all know about the secret con
ferences -fivr-r the t General Electric
building and other places, They1 did
not all know the convention man
agers were delivering them as mere
pawns In .a big corporation-convention
"deaU4- But : the deal ,;? went
through and we have In the certain
knowledge " of it Iwhat has always
been and always will be the fruit and
flower? of conventions. We have. In
It the proof that the -very first time
the proxy plan was tried, the proxies
played and were played Into ; the
pay us to trust proxies?: Does the
incident not warn us that we had
better; attend to things ourselves?
WELLAND AMERIE CANALS
I
N A RECENT speech at Fort Will
. lam, Ontario, SirWilfred Laurler,
he governor-generat-ot Canada,
said that the Canadian govern
ment would proceed at once to deep
en the Welland canal to 22 feet, and
that Canada must deepen the, har
borB at Fort William and Port Ai
thur so that they will accommodate
the larger carriers plying the Great
Lakes and enable them to load with
grain from the Canadian northwest
bound for St. Lawrence .river. The
Welland . canal ? now. passes shlDS
drawing only 14 feet, but thls.ls not
sufficient, and the Canadian govern
ment will dig It. to an ample, depth.
This improvement will presum
ably sidetrack or postpone the pro
posed : canal from Georgian bay to
Montreal, which has been a bugaboo
to New. York and Boston. Tnis was
the main cause of New York state
appropriating $101,000,000"" to en
large the Erie canal so -that it will
accommodate barges carrying 2000
tons? each. This improvement will
probably - give New York, continued
supremacy as a grain exporting port
on th.e Atlantic coast, for obstruc
tions in the St Lawrence make sev
eral other canals necessary.
But both' the Canadian' gdvern-
mentjmd Newport TeaUzeJteenly
the value and 'advantage of water
transportation, a'nd . are ? willing, to.
spaend great sums of money to im
prove waterways so as to make them
available as freight highways. ' '
A SPECTACLE
ROUD, Indeed, 18 the status of a
convention when Its head men
offer a circuit, Judgeship to
' County Judge Cleeten to Induce
him to abandon the direct primary.
In which his declaration that he
would 1 be a candidate for county
Judge was long ago filed. What
moral fiber do the .convention man
agers suppose men have) that' they
can bo swerved in 'their view's for
a pricei' and that price a convention
nomination for a judgeship? What
concept have they of the Judiciary
that they thus offer to use a Judicial
nomination tp swerve a citizen froml
his declared purpose and his political
viewt'. WJhat':. ;spectaei for an or
ganlzed body of so-called high brows
who ; insists th at ? they .. have, sense
enough to select candidates, but that
the people haven't. Judge Cleeton
spurned the; bribe, and for it he is
entitled to conspicuous ! credit He
has vastly strengthened his position
before the : people of -Multnomah
county. ;:, '
The "Catholic Sentinel ot Portland
lhaQ.SBM&Jlc.ajiPiiclaLr.diUnft.of
SO pages in celebration of its 40th
anniversary It was started tn Feb
ruary, 1870, and ha ever since been
a growing Influence for good and
enlightenment among the Catholics
of this city, stateaud region.' This
number contains many interesting
special articles, and numerous illus
trations of Oregon Bceaes and pic
tures of Portland buildings 'and men.
The anniversary occurred opportune
ly, while the national convention of
Hibernians was assembled here.
TIIE FOREST FIRES
ITII the forest fires as a
text, the Oregonian ..- de
nounces Plnchot - Roosevelt
conservation of forests. It
says a mistaken policy or conserva
tion demands ' that we keep such
large areas of forest wealth In re
serve,; that it is ' exposed to great
danger by fire." Are we to under
stand that the timber should all be
cut down In order to prevent forest
fires? - ' ,. ' . ,, ,
The real purpose,, of course, Is to
discredit the forest service. ? What
the firejj would have been, but for
the forest service nobody can tell.
Until the laBt three years the fed
eral government was the only owner
of stumpage ' which " systematically
endeavored to protect its lands from
fire.. The annual losses on the. na
tional forests under protection, were
so strikingly ' Smaller than, on un
protected private lands that timber
ownerBTthrcniilrxampleTererTibie
to see the financial gain of maintain
ing,; fire patrols. Thus the forest
service is largely responsible for the
example which has led timber own
ers of the whole northwest to form
associations for fire protection . and
spend thousands of dollars each year
tor this work. ; " , -
The work of the government rang
ers,, who during the fire season, often
go for days without . sleep, poorly
fed and suffering the want of water,
while endeavoring to control a fire
Iwhich not' only means loss to the
government .- or , the private' owner,
but surely to the. people of the state,
has been too often ' commended ' in
the western press to require defense,
These government officials yearly
prevent thousands of dollars of loss
to private owners, , and the forest
service and private' fire' associations
work in perfect harmony- and co
operation to their mutual benefit.
Of forest tires now reported burn
ing in Washington and Oregon there
are at least 10 on private lands to
one on national forests,' This does
not indicate that the ' government
work is ineffectual. The large fires
now burning la s Idaho: destroying
thousands of dollars' worth of prop
erty and causing loss of life, are
largely on private lands', but ; not
withstanding this the trained forest
service men are giving valuable as
sistance in ' fighting . these fires:
The report of the Oregon Conser
vation Commission for' 1909 states:
In 1907 . Oregon ? passed a - bill
uuus auu a uaioewvra lur ouuiiuio
tratipn, but it afforded no means for
carrying out its provisions. Every
thing Is left to a voluntary board of
forestry with but 1 25 0 a jrfiar at
its disposal. , In other words, only
,$250 a year is paid to insure prop
erty worth s $5,000,000,000 to the
stateJn-actual nroney-and otgreat
value in its relation to other Indus
tries.! This appropriation' is eaulv-
alent to one-half cent per square mile
of timbered area In Oregon. In the
case of the aportion' of this) area in
national forests the government ' Is
spending $11.25 per sonars mile, the
advantage of which is almost wholly
to the state.' ?, ? ;. , ' ?:?,
- Is the Oregonian complaining be
cause the federal government spends
money to protect Oregon's resources
when the 6tate itself does nothing?
. ' V ' HOW. TO KEEP COOL -
yEOPLE of Portland, and. ot Ore-
L gon generally, do not need and
I are not very much interested In
advice as to how to keep cool
and comfortable In summer, yet some
afternoons are a. little .uncomfortable
here, or many people Imagine them
to be s?V therefore the repetition of
a little old advice may not be en
tirely superfluous. :
A Mrs. Richards of Boston, said
to oe a high ' hygienic authority,
though by no means original, is cor
rect enough when she bids people in
!ll!:ta-!eo?1!
east of the Rocky mountains, to eat
no meat, not even chicken, no sugar,
and little fat. DrlnKJ unsweetened
tea and coffee, and spread the but
ter very thin which -will be easy
to do. " One purpose of food is to
keep the body at amain temperature
oi as degrees, so wnen tne tempera
ture of the" air Is up to 80-odd or 90
the body requires far less heating
food than. when, the temperature is
much lower. Bathing the "hands,
wrists and face In water is better
than drinking, larger quantities of it
says Mrs. Richards.
Then most persons, males especial
ly, seem to exercise little' discrim
ination or Judgment in the matter of
dress in hot weather. They dress
about the same in July as In April
or October.. . One. of the simplest o:
all devices for : keeping cool la to
wear very lightr loose clothes during
the warmest part of the day. " But
evenings are usually cool here, and
most people can't afford to .change
their clothes twice a day, ;t However.
allghter.dletllttle?m6atanil plenty
of fruit,: and of lighter, looser cloth
ing1 and avoidance of hurry and
worry, will serve as preventives of
that "awful hot, isn't it" feeling.
-jr-arcy principles." What are
they? How to be applied to existing
conditions? f "Principles", as under
stood and represented by Aldrich or
Doll ivcfi by -H3annon 'or yorrtg?
"Party principles'? cloaks Infinite
humbug. ' :'
Ths circulation of Senator Bourne
now celebrated speech concerning
the Oregon political- jstem,. and
how the people really rule l.i IV. a
state, . has now reached mora than
,000,000 copies, tnd the demand
for it continues. It will be a pow
erful" factor in the political educa
tion of voters in other states, who
are yet burdened and buncoed by the
old party convention system.
'Enthusiasm Is unbounded" reads
a headline in the corporation organ.
The politicians' noses scent the flesh
pots. But among the rank and file
enthusiasm couldn't be worked up
with a million horsepower dynamo. ;
Our Conserved Resources.
To the Editor of The Journal What
could be more beautiful than say a tract
or 100 acres of good land, with perhaps
about one half ef lt'under cultivation
and the balance' timber, with its grain
fields and lta . meadow; a good, com
fortable farmhouse f logs, if necessary:
well , filled granary, a well filled corn
crib, a lot of ; well fed cattle horse
sheep and hogs, and, last but not least,
happy man and wife, and a lot of
happy children, each one aa healthy and
as hardy as the standing timber that
waa iert growing on th ranch? There
would not be one sign of that, mental
anguish that U bmmon among those
that live In tha city, many of whom do
not know where their next meal Is com?
4ngromWhat juomantla apot to con
template. This hardy farmer has con
served one half of his resources t he has
an abundance of timber for fuel and
domestic purposes; he has a splendid
spring, where an abundance of good,
pure water could be had, and in the "un
developed" forests he haa an abundance
of meat for bis family, as he can get
the deer, the elk and many wild birds;
In abort, ha has the paradise of the
earth. Ha haa conserved his resources;
he , haa conserved his and hla family's
health. . - " '?-''" :.: -:'; v'-. '"
What Z aaifferent pfcturifolldws;
The man who developed the new coun
try la commonly called th enterprising
business man. 1 First scene; - A thousand
acres of virgin timber, good for sore
eyes, the sawmill man and the logger,
the timber cutter, a new shanty, a lot of
lumber Jacks, y nearby saloon, a lot of
gamblers, a lot of burned stumps, a lot
Of brush scattered around, cut up roads,
overworked men, 5 women and horses, a
few dirty children, a sawmill, a dance-
house, and some of the followers of the
logging camp with their bawdy houses,
and near at hand there is a large ves
sel loading with lumber. , In the city
near by a fine brownstone mansion, a
millionaire ' lumberman, an aristocratic
wife, modern society, an automobile, Joy
riding, the club, rising at 11 a. m., the
politician,' hpmea built -of conorete, di
vorces,, fuel 110 a load, rent mo a
month, big water, bills and gaa tins,
bacon 40 cents a pound, beef J 5 cents
a pound, flour $va brreU lumber pro
hibitive, coal prohibitive, porn prohibi
tive, everything prohibitive except whls
key and Tseer, and tobacco, and virtue,
which are cheap; pure men and women
are scarce, home ties none, home love
none, araftera and boodlera lata -v of
them. In short, the modern method of
conservation is to conserve all of the
bad and let the good rip. -
:..... '. ..... : , B. A. BARNS.
' How to Kill Flies,. ? ;
Waldo, Or, July lTo the editor of
The .JournalYou ara now hitting at
the common, housefly, but ao far you
have failed to grasp the '' full solution
of the fly subject I have tested the
best remedy and have killed as many.
as twelve hundred files. In less
than an hour. All the flies in a dining
room ordinarily can be killed off In
a few minutes. Here it is. Tans a
common rubber band, cut It and make
a string of It; with thumb and finger
of each hand stretch the rubber, band.
take aim and let go. .With a little
experience , on can kill as high aa 30
without missing a shot and In the ab
sence of better hunting It is pretty good
tport and requires no license. , .
I never have flics .to trouble ma In
my bouse. After I hare eaten a .meal
I shoot themi the morning Is the best
and ' the smaller the band the batter;
the -larger ones scare them and they
take to the celling. A trial win con
vince and the remedy la clean and does
not let them drop Into food and does
not stick to you. You can aend them
away from the food.
. W. J. WIMER.
; Wonderful Dlax .
"' .From the 'Atlanta Journal.
Ellhu Root once said that of all the
publlo men now busy In the world's
affairs, Dlaa waa perhaps the ona most
worth knowing so far as human Inter
est and character, color are concerned
The- estimate la scarcely too heightened
This wonderful old man he will be 80
next September has been the president
or his republia tor years, with the
srief . exception of a single term be
glnaing ! In 1880, , when Manuel Oon-
sales was chief executive.
There is something seemingly incon
gruous in a republic retaining one man
as lta head for that length of time.
Perhaps It would be more precise to
say that Dia - has retained , the presi
dency, Theae Is a rumor that whenever
election day draws sear the enemies of
the veteran president for one reason or
another find - themselvesarrested- and
jailed. ; Thus the balloting passes off
peaceruiiy and wnen tne count is made,
Diss always has an overwhelming ma
iority wi-z'-vi'-'.;:
Such methods, If there, la any truth
in tha- report,' and- auch a continuous
tenure of office appear rather strange
to a nation like our own which holds
above all else that government should
be one of laws, not of men. Yet as
we review" the" history of Mexico for
the past 34 years we find Its finances
constantly strengthening, its laws hold
ing respect and observance, its com
merce flourishing, and its general con
dltlon prosperous. All this Is undoubt
edly due to the firmness and-wisdom
of Ferflrio Diaa. ',' .
On the verge &t hla eighties ' the
president UL Still - hale and lusty. Be
keeps a vigorous Interest in out-of-door
things and In the, minutest details of
the government. . A dictator, he has been
unquestionably, but ' how much better
Nicaragua and Other troubled Latin re
publics would have fared had they
possessed sucn a dictator.
The Fanner and Insurgency.
From the Philadelphia Telegraph (Ren
It la only simple truth to say that the
lgnificanea of "Insurgency" is not well
understood In the east, particularly in
great centers of population. The move
ment had Its rise In the middle west and
west-Tnalnly-lt-may-br-addedln -the
rural districts. , The rarmers are not
satisfied with present conditions ? and
their-representatives In congress know
it. Murdock ia but-an-echo of Kansas
unrest; colli ver: only reflects the will
of a discontented Iowa- History la re
peating Itself. All great reforms since
the beginning of constitutional govern'
ment In the United Statea have been in.
Itlated In response to a demand from the
farmer, . i' . -
Philadelphia waa-epposeflTflnflliyeff
agitation, a mass meeting jn Indepen
dence Square, presided ovr by Mayor
Henry,. In 18 . -virtually 'committed
itself to non-intervention with slavery
south of the. Mlflsaurt compromise lipe
of 8ft degreea, 80 minutes; New York
was openly dominated by the southern
oligarchy and even in Boston, as late
Letters From tne PeopU
COMMENT AND
small chang:
Rf.srlater. register, resistor, register.
register.
A laree number ef neotila arneir'to
be autoinobillous.
Don't ' blame vour" rrocer If he ia a
little cross today.
Helo out the crettv brave, footless
little theatre girl. Buy tickets. ,
"Loved friend's wife: nhoots her."
says a headline. - Curioua thing, "love."
The dry weather is Inlurlnar the eronsi
too bad that the tariff can't be raised.
If people like . these Hibernians are
not fit for self government who on
earth are?
A Chicasro smoke insrector Is named
Kuss. When he gets into smoke he
probably does. , . - t
The oensus of another areat citv has
been reported; San Angelo, Texas, has
10,131 Inhabitants.
Young Jar Gould Is to marrv a "srrass
widow actress.' None of the auleL
simple Ufa for blhv , :j -
It is surely time for Colonel Hofer
to offer up a prayer for rain but not
too much rain. Colonel. , ; ., vi
Roosevelt Is to select the New Tork
state Republican ticket The people
have nothing to say about It
Today Is when the people are told
to stand aside and allow a bunch of
politicians to select their officers for
taanu:-:,:;y;;'.vi'-.!.Tj- :,,,-:t:,j'r.i,V;-''':M-'.
.;:;.. 'pwi--i-e,,y-e '-.v '.v-.i'i.: it.'-;
The ancient city of Tarsus now has
electric llghts. If Paul could come back.
ne miKnt ran down again la aston
ishment r
What the neonle should look out for
is whether a candidate for congress or
the legislature Is going to represent
their Interests or the interests.
Another" thlngrrllesarB scares Ia
Portland as compared with eastern
cities, and a mosquito census- would
show only a very small population. . ;, ,
' "Quilt Is always personal.' sara Gov
ernor Harmon, contradicting Roosevelt
when president Evidently . Harmon
would not be a sane and safe president.
Misfortunes pursue Count Zeppelin
persistently; yesterday his gas plant
was wrecked. But nothing can keep a
young man Ilka him down when , he Is
bound to fly.
If people " would dress as Chinese
laundrymen do, thev wouldn't- suffer
rrom warm weather nor arriict- the
world by saying a thousand times a
day:- "Is it hot enough for you?" "
A bad ea served to a Pittsbura- mil
lionaire has cost him over 880,000 which
ha spent in establishing and stocking
a model "chicken farm, from which he
expects to get two strictly fresh eggs
for his breakfast regularly every day.
ft Is superfluous to state that In
the of the big strike of the em
ployes of 'thee Grand Trunk railroad
''both sides are confident of victory."
ii is unvanamy so. Tne neaa em
ployers and strike . readers always
A . story from Dourlaa county sava
that a big" panther that . had ' been
wounded badly but was' able, when thai
hunter came up to It to
seita mm and
hurt hira-some, had a "vicious diSDO-
sltlon." But what could you expect?
Tha panthers- have no schools, and no
missionaries cave been sent among
them.
July ; 21 in History Firat Battle of Bull Run
More than three months had passed
after the capture of Fort Sumter before
anything of much Importance In the
way of a show of strength between the
north and south waa accomplished and
tha patience of the people on both sides
waa beoomlng strained to their utmost
tension. " In the north the cry was "On
to Richmond" but tha, government re
sponded "with what?" .The pressure,
however, became so great that finally
General Scott yielded, and, . on the
twenty-first of July, 1861, the first
really-Important ngagnen between
tne union and Confederate forces took
place on the banks of a stream called
tha Bull Run, a few miles to the north
west of Manassas Junction, Va., and
about SO miles south of the Potomac at
Washington. Tha v Confederate army
was well Intrenched here, and about a
week previous to the day of the battle
tha Union army began alowly moving
toward this point.
On. the evening of : July XO tha . two
armies were about seven , miles apart
Early in the morning of the twenty
flrst they began approaching, and the
outposts cannonaded one another. ... By
10 o'clock the battle was in progress ail
along the line. The Confederate force
numbered about 80,000, , while that of
the Federal was not mora than 20.000.
Both armies were made Up. for the
most part, of raw troops, inexperienced
In war.
So well ' Intrenched wera-the Con
federates, and '- so skillful wera their
generals In maneuvering the battle, that
after several hours of fighting the Fed
eral army was compelled to give way
at ona point after the other, until final
ly the retreat had degenerated into dis
order. Every effort waa made to rally
tha troops, even beyond the reach of
the enemy'a fire, but In vain. .The plain
was covered with the retreating aol
dievs, and they seemed to Infect those
with whom they came In contact The
retreat soon became a rout,: and this
eventuaJlydegenerated Into a panic
, The onset of that tumultuous retreat
la described by those who witnessed it
as . terrible.;: For three miles hosts of
Federal troops all detached from their
regiments all mingled In one disorderly
as December , 1880, an anti-slavery
meeting at Tremont temple waa broken
up by "conservative" business men. This
was nearly 20 years after Owen Love
Joy had shed hi blood for freedom; on
the sratrles of Illinois.
Jlnd alL the tlma northern New York,
the western reserve Df Ohio, Michigan,
Wisconsin and rural New England, were
uncompromising in their attitude to
ward human bondage.
The strength ?of Republicanism then
as now lay In the agricultural districts.
The 150,000 readers of Horace Greeley's
Weekly Tribune not only- bad ''fixed
principles," but they were "alert" in de
vising means and methods of pushing
those principles to the fore. ; And for
one reader of th Tribune In those days
Jl?erO are a thousand readers of .news
paper and magazine literature today.
Tha Republican party. In which, after
all Is" said and done, lies In the hope of
tha country, . must recognlae this, and
it must farther Understand that these
same farmers and their allied lnterestsj
win either dominate the organization or
leave it -.
No Need of Assembly.
From the Nehalem Enterprise. .
Tha acts of th assembly, will only be
of a suggestive nature subject to adop
tion or rejection at the coming election
lrrT70V6ml5crrTIitreT6raa"uselea8? waste
of time and energy for men who "might
employ their time and talents to a bet
ter advantage, and we have already pro
vided a means to accomplish better re
sults by the direct primary nominating
system as adopted by the people of
Oregon under tha Initiative and- refer
endum amendments. This will si'f.!r-e
NEWS -IN BRIEF
OUrG ON SIDELIGHTS
Pendleton had a mad dog; soon killed.
Clatskanle people subscribed for oil to
sprlDkle the streets.
Eastern Oregon streams were seldom,
if ever, so low this time of year.
Gold Hill has more and a greater
variety of natural resources In Its ter
ritory than any town la Southern Ore
gon, asserts tha News.
Among Weston's manifold advantages
an a reeldence town la the fact that it
Is about the coolest place In ,the Inland
Empire when a "hot wave" Is sweeping
o'er the land, remarks the Leader.
A Tillamook county rancher has had
a fine system of waterworks Installed.
He has about a -mile of pipe leading
up into, the mountains and has plenty
of water wherever needed about the
place. . :. ..
. .:. V . : V '
Drain Nonpareil; "A meeting called
last Saturday to choose delegates to
the Eepubllcan assembly convention at
Roseburg, July 18, did not materialise.
So few voters put In an appearance
thatgtbe meeting did not organize. .
v ,'' ; . .;
Building operations in the" city of
Coquille for the past II -month have
far exceeded those of any period of
the Same duration since the ' town was
rebuilt after the big fira of 1892. says
the Sentinel.
' Central Oregon Is one of the best
countries in the ; world, so government
service men tell us, for the produc
tion of seed plants, especially alfalfa,
and yet in the local market alfalfa
seed sells today for 2 T cents a pound,
says the Madraa Pioneer.
' '' -.
Keports received by Fmatllla county
people who are Interested inAlberta
indicate , that this year's crop will be
almost a total failure In that region.
Through the lack of moisture, arain on
thousands of acres will not pay for
cutting, says the Weston Leader. .
A- farm hand fiear-Athena-cama very
near giving his life for a smoke when
he lit his pipe and threw the match
down. ,The grass caught on fire,
reached and burned up one haystack.
H took sacks and began to fight the
fire to save the house and barn. Though
he succeeded in doing this, when the
fire was out he fell in a faint
.,.- ,!: :'": '"..;v;
Plunging Into Kogua river with all
his clothes, and even his shoes and hat
on. swimming to a place where he had
lust seen a man sink for the third
time, catching the man by the hair and
swimming back with him to shore, sav
ing his life, waa the heroic exploit
of E. Badger, a Church of Christ
preacher, In Gold Hill. . " -.';
yy.i-c'fs - ,??'?;.,,-i'fTrv '?'$$.', -rx-
Aa soon as we have adequate trans
portation and necessary facilities . for
caring for the tourist travel, what an
Influx there will be to this county
during the summer months from all
over the "Unite States, remarks the
Tillamook Here1. No mosquitoes, flies
not numerous to what they are else
where. , One can fish, hunt and , par
take of nearly every form of sport in
perfect comfort -' ,,
' . -, -, - e . ' '
Tillamook Herald: Operations at the
oil well continue , steadily, but little
progress is made in Increasing tire depth
of the well owing to shale being; forced
up In the pipe to a height of five feet
by the great pressure or some unknown
torca
at
the bottom of the well. Just
what the nature of it may be wllljiot
rD learned until tne arm gets tnrougn
the hard formation, and then there will
be sometning stirring if we are to
judge by the amount of pressure re
quired to force hard shale rock up in
tne six-men casing,
rout were-fleeins; along the road, but
mostly tnrougb the lots on either side.
Tha. flight did not slack in' the least
until rVntMvllL w. rurh.A .Th.
the alght of. the resereeMlleirbrliiade
hf HT ThA flTC?Jh -Mltaa' riHiroila
formed" in - order on thi hill, seemed
somewhat to reassure the van.
In : the 1 great race 5 for shelter all
division and all regiments wera mln-
giea. A perfect rrensy .was upon al
most every man. Even ther sentiment
of shame had gone, v There waa no
stop to the retreating army until they
reached the Potomac and felt them
selves" safe back again to. Washington?
The loss of the Federals In killed and
wounded was about 2900; that of the
Confederates about 1700. The battle
greatly Inspired the south, and at first
deeply discouraged the - north,' which,
aowever, oevotea Itseir with- renewed
vigor and determination to preparation
for what, as then became apparent,
would probably be a long and severe
struggle.
Te Deums were aunj In the churches
oi wo soum over netr victory, and a
day of thanksgiving was observed.
The second battle of Bull Run Was
fought on nearly the same field on
August 29 and 80, 1862, between 49,000
Confederates . under General Robert K.
Lee, and about 70,000 Federala, under
General Popv the latter . being again
defeated, The Confederates wera great
ly superior la leadership, Lee being; an
even match for Pope, and Lee's two
oorra commanders, Jackson and Long
street, giving him mora efficient sup
port than Pope'a corp commanders. The
Federal loss In killed and wounded in
this battle waa about 14,800, while that
or the confederates only about - 9500,
Bull Run waa a rather unlucky fight
Jng ground for tha Union army.
July 21. 1798, la tha data ot the battle
of . the Pyramids in Egypt It Is the
birthday of Matthew Prior, .the English
poet (1884)1 of John M. Read, the ami
nent Jurist (1707) Robert Barry Coffin,
the author (1828) ; and General John
R, Brooks, the American soldier (1838)
It ia the date of the death of Robert
Burns.' the Scotch poet In 1796,- and of
the murder of Darius III, king of Per
sia,, 890 $. f. -
to make the best selections for the offl
cers to be chosen In November and dis
pense with the necessity of holding an
assembly simply 'to please , a few
of : the ?' leading ' politicians ;who ; are
no ii longer ; needed ' in conducting
the : affairs L of - the county and
state. Their period of usefulness has
passed, arid the vain effort put forth by
them to revive the old system even if
only to suggest, and recommend, , as is
permissible under Jhe present laws will
avail them nothing because they have
had their opportunity and could not dis
criminate between use and abuse In ex
ercising their influence for the welfare
of the people whom they were to serve,
Now alnce the people have gained the UP"
per hand orl the political situation" in
Oregon, it is not meet for them to give
over the rolns of government to their
former oppressors In hopes of bettering
theirlot In life; and,furthermore, lt4s
not to be-expected, as past experience
has taught them a profitable lesson in
this, respect '
.. . Has Made Good. .(.,'
From the Pendleton East Oregonian.'
Oregon s state r"road commission I
continues to 'make' good.". Railroad
and express companies are fast belnal
brought to time and Ifthaxommlaaloa'aJ
scope only extended to the telephone
companies mora relief would be afford-,
ed thcpeoplo. The members of tha com
mission seem to be made of the right
kind of stuff.
Man near1 Hermfston got 24 boxes of
Red Astrakon apples from one tree,
worth & oenta a tjoujid. . .
TANGLEFOOT
By 1 Ilia Overliolt
for a lodge," sang Cowper. "in
some vast wnWnu.
For William wanted secrecy and soli
tude, I guess. , - ,
He . might have Joined ' the "Elks, you
know, or monks, and worn a cowl.
Or for a lodge that's quieter, be over-
SHAICESPEARB TODAY.
1 (By G. K.1 :
Enter County Courthouse. Jr.
(Sir County Courthouse rrnntm
C C. Jr. "In sooth, I know not why
--.i.---'I am'sO' slow; -.'
It wearies me, you sy it Wearies you;
ow i caugnt on, found out l' got
ftaVted. .. ... - i .
What stuff I'm made of, where to -I
am borne, - . , . ! . - ..
I am to learn,
But auch an eyesore slowness makes of
me j.
That I have much ado to know I'm
Sir' C. C. "Go to, young sproutl ;
xour foolish mind is tossing' on a
DOUeDr
Muse not quaka not In fear, "be "calm.
Thou'rt better far than I; already
loftier.
Young spareriba, ' 1
Bethlnkest thou that to grow great thou
must rrow fastlv?1'
C a Jr .'VSpareribs' thou hast Well
said, .
Methlnks, kind air, that rust shall eat
my ateel " , -. c ..-
And my foundations crumble era I b
Itnlshed.
TwaV'lonr asro. 'tis hrt a mrnnnrvi -
I aaw myself complete, drawn out,'
On architecture parchment;.-
But here I stand, my steel beam halt
naked -
Blushing with rust. Incomplete, -Waiting
for what? I w0t not
ttach beam is well in red tap bound1,
lest perchance
It ba dealt a
Jar.
And consultations
long are held.
Upon my several parta that each may
lie ngni wise. v
Ofttlmes through blazing gun or drls-
allng rain, -A
beam nuspenda from mora to erenlng
bell.
And still unsettled is allowed to drop.
Postponed to tha following morn."
Sir C. C "Enough ot this; I muat be
. gone. '
May you rest ia peace." .
C. C Jr. "Ave, yes, farewell. Aa for
tha rest, . t -
If T be not soon finished '
May I rest In pieces."
lisxu oir county uourrnouaSk ,
r (Curtain drops.) -
'rjf ' r-
Conservation and a Square Deal.
In the August number of tha Crafts
man, Gustav Stlokley, tha editor, says:
"Tha birth in the near future of a
new political . party, .formed , by - tha
blending of tha progreaalva - elements
that " have attained . such prominence
la both the old ones, is now almost
a oertatnty. Tha majority of the peo
ple regard it as tha next step la the
reiorm jnuvemem; . 109 oiu iia pomi-
. ........ ...
clana, even while they affect to sneer,
at It as impossible, are afraid of It.
and ahow that fear by , wavering un
certainly between ' tha rollpy whleY
yields eufficlently to publlo opinion
to pass Borne of . the progressiva legis
lation that is most urgently demanded,
and the other extreme of uncompromis
ing hostility to everything and every
body that threatens tha supremacy of
tha old order. . In spite of the political
clamor, there 1 ia no dodging the fact
that , the American people, Irrespective
1 7."?r" ' "'"! ' ' -
i . . l .... -
which stands doggedly by the old time
political - methods and ' organisation,;
as other storms 'have done; while the
other la battling for honest government ,
under the direct control of the people,
and for the conservation of those nat
ural resources upon which tha wealth
or tha . nation depends..
' We, are approaching an era when the
Issues upon which a presidential cam
paign is based will ba entirely differ
ent In fact wa have no more Issues,
save that of honest government upon a
fair and sound business basis a gov
ernment . representing tha interests of
nUI the people and carried . on 'or the
benefit of tha whole,, The demand for
this Is nation wide, and It Is the our-
growtn or an awakened moral sense
as Irresistible as that which awept away
slavery and prevented tha disruption
of th TmihMre Th wilnnt nnaitlMi
mat wa have been accustomed to con
sider political issues are but details in
this great movement but until a Change
Is effected in our political methods both
parties will still use them as catch
words to , delude the voter' during tha
campaign, and will legislate or obstruct
legislation, at their own pleasure and
ior meir own profit after election.
Tf a. new party la to ba formed it
must represent; tha whole people, and
the only Issues upon which it can be
formed are conservation and - the
'square deal, with all thaf these terms
nave coma w imply."
.rpr-r- intense Enthusiasm. ?
; ' ? From the Jacksonville Poet '
The assembleyltes of Jackson county
held 'another meeting at Medford last
Eaturday, but as only three : precincts
were represented (and they were Med
ford ones) the managers adjourned uhtil
today when another effort will me made
tn ACUTA rfo1p-n't in tVi Btal. ...
1 - fcw W. W HUL. !.,
" v - " a"u cuancq iur any
one wishing to represent himself (but
not the Republicans of -thia county) at
Portland, , is offered. Who wanta tha
jodt
, Seventy inquiries from foreign eoun
tries, for Information regarding Oregon
'S'the Tecord for two days at the Prine-
viiio v,wminerc!ai ciUD. ' '
(Contributed to Toe' Journal fcjr Walt Haaoa,
tha famooa Kanaiia pwt. Hla proM-poem a a
wmUr featura of tbls eolumo la Ibe Daily
vuiuai. . ,..u. . . . . i
1 m tired of Tnovlng pictures,- Tand
other glaring shows; I'm tired of hear
ing lectures delivered through the nose.
I'm ttred of -stately Shrlekers who for
An Ylfffnai rAlt mm a it. 1.
ers who'd bind me: with a spell. A
book by Doyle or Dente spread out upon
u-j. uiu viio nvi on iv
is gooa enougn ror me.: i usea to spend
the gloaming and vaometlmes half the
night in .Idle, bughouse roaming; in
search' of cheap delight; I liked the
noise arid" glamor, the greetings and the
stares, the rushing. ' and "the clamor
of city thoroughfares but now I'm old
and wiser, I like my vine and tree; my
shack and Jane Eliser are good enoua-h
ior me. i iov my pea-gTeen COttaffe!
I Joy o,J8cOrlckftodJboajd ;. tta aaoh
a mess vt puiiaao ivm ana streets
afford, I surely would not tradb It at
any man's'behest; my frau and I have
mada It the place we lova the best. Th
str,etn ar? always crawling with packed
humanity?-; "com, home," Elizer's Call
ing tnaxs gooa enough for me!
'Oh,
Staying at Horn v