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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SATURDAY EVENING, .. AUGUST 13, 1910.
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GEORGE 0. BROWXELL
' TtHIS Is a contest, oot of mea, but
: - I of, measures. ', It Is a battle) ot
r I principles.; It is a struggle in
.r which men are going' to be eup-
ported tor what they stand tor. On
the one side are men lighting tor as-
eemblylsm which, is worse than con'
ventlonlsm, and on .the 'other;' men
who are defending government of,
for and by the people.- There is no
middle ground. There is no chance
for compromise. Quarter will nel
ther be asked nor given. There-Is
no possibility for the purposes or de
signs of either side to be misunder
stood. - The assemblies profess
friendship for the: direct primary
but it is a hollow profession. It is
belled by the fact that they accepted
an assembly nomination. It is Be
lied by the fact, that they thought an
assembly necessary. It Is belied 1y
the fact that;.there Is no provision
in the law. for an assembly, and that
the last legislature refused to In-
eert such a provision in the law. The
assemblyites "favor,; a1 system by
which there can be special selection
of special candidates for special pur
poses by special persons. They want
the few to do the selecting.
On the other side, there Is Intense
opposition , to the assembly and; the
assembly candidates. This opposi
tion is by those who are real friends
of the direct primary. They are
defending that law. They are de
fending direct, selection of senator
by the people. , They, are defending
the initiative and . referendum;
Such is the issue' It is a fight for
and against the assembly. ; There is
no other issue. Everything else Is
laid aside until tais contest Is de
cided. It Is in such a contest that
George C, : Brownell appears as a
candidate for senator -for Clackamas
county. Ho is against the assembly.
He Is against throwing' the selection
of United .States senator back , into
the legislature. .' He is willing tor
the choice to be made by the people,
and will vote as the people, direct.
lie Is willing to go to the Senate as
the agent of. the people and not as
one of their bosses. He should be
supported for the position because
of the principle he stands for. It
is of no consequence that he was
once a figure In the" old convention
system. All of us were convention
Ites once. : Those, were in 4ays when
we knew of nothing better. , It Is
to Mr. Brownell'a credit that, hav
ing; tried both, he "Is now' on the side
of clean government -and against
"boss government, v , .
A SPECTACLE :
ASSEMBLYISM' la worse " than
conventlonlsm. The spectacle of
the4 two assemblies ' held in
; 1 Portland proves it. The spec
tacle of how the candidates were
nominated proves it? The spectacle
of. present goings on. proves it. .
-We -.have here two central com
mlttees,' so-called, representing Mult
nomah county and the ttate.'- Jhey
are flying the colors of Republlcan-
. Ism, and. wearing the livery of the
Republican party. Their usual bus
iness Is to tight Democrats and oth
ers than the' Republican party. Their
usual business is to cement and har
monize the Republican party, and
strengthen it for battle against the
Democratic party. . ,
But not so now, These two com
mittees are In the hands of an off
shoot of the Republican .party, and
they are fighting regular Republi
cans.; Their guns are not trained on
Democrats,, but on regular Republi
can candidates.7 They are not striv
ing to cement and harmonize Repub
licanism but are conducting aggres
sive warfare on regular and lawful
Republicanism. Though a mere rem
nant, they have stolen the party's
Implements'' of war and are using
them to kill off regular and lawful
Republican candidates. Their lead
ership Is a gang. Their councils are
a conspiracy1; Their movements are
outside the law. They are hiring
halls In which lawful Republicanism
1b to-be denounced and an-nnlawful
rumplsm upheld. They are- employ
ing speakers, and organizing gum
shoe : gangs. They are ; collecting
campaign, funds to be used for tne
: defeat of "Republican "candidates to
whom the law vouchsafes "equal op
portunlty Iri the open primary. it
13 a casa i or bushwhackers, attack
lng the regular army of Republican-
Ism from ambush. ' Those attacked
have the law, the constitution and
good morals on. their , side, They
claim that all candidates are by law
given equal footing In the-open 'pri
mary,, but the bushwhacking "assail
a uts. contend that assembly candi
dates shall have preference and are
using the stolen central committees
to drive ' their candidates through.
Thy are repudiating every promise
iiuue. ior, awenyny igiri. . .a &ey are
proving that the purpose of the as
feprobly was not merely to recom
mend, but to bully. ; They are prov
ing that the awrubiy was not merely
fiiRpwt, but to ram, drive and be
latior. S Thry are provig that the as-
sembjy was not merely a peaceable
conference, but an organized and
warlike conspiracy, armed .with
bludgeons, professing friendship for
the direct primary, . but attempting
to buy, to bulldoze, and belabor all
candidates but its own, out ot It
With the central committees fight
ing, not Democrats,, but regular Re
publicans, what a spectacle indeed,
is assemblylsm. What a leadership
Indeed with its unlawful processes
It presents for the people of this
state to ' follow. Conventlonisra of
the worst kind was far more respect
able than this new thing they call
the assembly.
WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY
HE campaign by those who are
seeking an enlarged .endow
ment for Willamette Unlversl
ty Is an example In heroics.
With great energy, they are striving
for a goal to call out the admiration
of men. , Their struggle ought to be
an Inspiration to wealthy Methodist's
everywhere,; especially in the Pacif
ic, jiorth west i The institution for
which they are appealing Is rich in
honorable achievement but poor In
purse. .. The influences that have ra
dlated from It have been an Import
ant factor in strengthening the cit
izenship of the state In Intelligence,
conservatism and high moral Ideals.
The men and women who began go
ing out from it In the pioneer days
with a Christianized education have
wielded a potential Influence infix
ing the. hi? civic sttfviard of : the
state. : The effect of Its leadership
1 reflected In he high standing of
a long list of Its graduates. It Is
a perspective and a splendid fact that
Methodists should, contemplate with
Justifiable pride. An enlarged uni
versity with an enlarged i and ; suf
ficient endowment should be reared
as a monument to the honorable
achievements the Institution already
has to Us credit . Prom the surplus"
of material things many a northwest
churchman has, there Bhould be con
trlbntions' to bring Willamette Uni
versity into the wealthy and powerful
educational unit . that It deserves to
be. To make these contributions Is
a duty each owes to h Imself, the
state, 'Willamette University and to
Methodlsm.;; -'.vv--.?.
A gift of - $100,000' In a required
$500,000 has been . bestowed by
Honorable R. A. Booth of Eugene.
Smaller contributions . have raised
the total to $137,000. There is ten
tative purpose by a number of men
and women to add other large sums
to the fund. It Is a purpose worthy
of, the highest, commendation. The
denominational college has Its Im
portant , place In the educational
world. Its colors' should never be
hauled down. Its leadership and
influence should never be allowed to
pass from earthly affairs. : We must
never, permit , educational thought
and educational ' agencies to 'drift
away from the. 'ancient- moorings.
There is no gift that will better serve
the state, the country and mankind
than , bestowals on the ' denomina
tional college. , ,
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STALIOXG-IIORSE CANDIDATES
r1 'IS . improbable that serious at
tempt win be made to bring dum
my anti-assembly candidates into
the field to divide the anti-assembly
strength. It Is a length to
whlojh men would scarcely, dare to
go. Their identity ; and their pur
pose would be quickly detected, and
prompt punishment be administered.
The corrupt - practices act covers
such cases, and covers them perfect
ly. It provides a fine of 11000 and
other penalties;' and makes It the
duty of the proper officers to prose
cute. - It denies them a place on the
primary ballot and -designates ' the
court in which authority is lodged
to deal with them. : 'T," . ' '
The law Is ono of those that a
legislature "refused . to -' pass, , and
which the people passed by an over
whelming majority ) at the succeed
ing flection.' " It Is one of the evi
dences that the , people are deter
mined to eliminate rlngsters, heel
rs, strikers and stalking-horse can
didates from elections and election
processes. It affords a view of the
channel In, which the thoughtt the
average man flows, it is thought
that every time It has a chance to
express Itself at the ballot box gives
a verdict for clean measures, clean
methods and clean purpose in pub
lic affairs. It is thought that has
no use tor stalking-horse candidates,
and that is certain to be severe with
them if they -shdw'thelr heads." This
Is a battle between rings, rlngsters
and riot oh the one side and the peo
ple on the other, and a defense of
the state against a system under
which "$15,000 of Simon money,"
and "$0,000 of Lotan money" was
spent to capture one Multnomah
county convention.-! : -
THE OREGON PRUNE '
T
HE export demand for. Oregon
prunes is rapidly , growing.
They are becoming a favorite
frutt on .the dining tables of
England, Germany vand France, and
their consumption In those coun
tries Is increasing. It has Required
years pf, discouraging - and disap
pointing effort to gaitL this foreign
foothold,' but it seems at last to have
been firmly seized, and it means
rrjuch for thd Oregon prune growers.
Every car load of Oregon prunes
shipped -to Europe strengthen the
market la this country by reducing
the chances tor an. unused surplus
to be carried over to another
Mginaerse, of ttift JJrJ.
gon prune is coming to pass in the
United States. For a long period its
delicacy as a table - food was not
widely kpown. v Its wholesomenegs
and healthf ulhess were not so Well
understood as now, In thousand of
homes if was a totally unknown djsh.
The Inferior California prune .had a
place In the market, and California
had a far reaching reputation as a
fruit growing state. It was against
these odds and handicaps that Ore
gon growerB had to contend in in
troducing, their, product. -
But the lapse of years and patient
and persistent work have won for
their fruit a place of its own on-the
dining tables . of, the country. The
wide popularity of Oregon apples
has heightened the state's reputation
as a fruit producer, and it is entire
ly probable- that greater respect for
the Oregon prune has been inclden
tal from this .'fact.; In any event
there is a largely increased consump
tion; and an - accompanying larg
er demand, . The market Is not
always, favorable, 1 but ' as con-
sumption ; increases, both at home
and ' abroad, ; , a better ! market
will be provided. ' The ; ruling
prices of the present season are ex
tremely encouraging to the indus
try, x The. crop, according to W.- C,
Tillson, of Salem, who has just re
turned from a tour of the T)rune
districts of the. state. Is hut 75 per
cent ; of last year's output, but the
better prices will' bring;, to growers
a greater aggregate return, than that
of last season. ...
The prune growers of the state
who have favorably s'tuated orchards
and who are cultivating fceir trees
with diligence and Intelligence, are
making money. The fact is reflected
In conditions in the big prune dis
tricts near saiem, where , $300, an
acre is the ordinary price for good
orchards. The prune is one of Ore-
gon's staples, and as the Industry
becomes better undei'stood, the pro
duct better appreciated and the or
chards better cultivated, prune grow
ings will increase in Importance and
profit. -
NOW OREGON WILL GROW
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T WILL not be soon when the Pa
cific coast region will be as dense
ly -settled as Pennsylvania, New
York and New England. . Per
haps this region will never contain
so great a population as the Atlan
tic elope, yet the number of Pacif
ic coast inhabitants will steadily In
crease,, and will Increase far more
rapidly in the future than " in the
past .": ' W" :t ' . , '' ' !' "
The -railroad building now going
on in eastern ; and central Oregon
win add many tens of thousands to
the population of the state. There
s an Immense region within , the
state that Is being now newly inter
sected with both Harriman and Hill
lines of railroad,'' where population
has "been very sparse, but In which
there are room and opportunity for
hundreds of thousands of producing
people.'.'.,; ;...'-- ".' :.f:v
Men are learning, as they , never
did before, that' they need only a
ittle piece . Qf land, on which . to live
and make a comfortable subsistence.
Many a family succeeds - quite as
well, makes a living and gets ahead
sufficiently, on 40, 20, even 10 acres
of land, as others do on whole sec
tions of half sections. The' build-
ng of railroads, and there will, be
many branch and i. tributary lines,
will naturally lead to the Influx of
population,' to , more and smaller
farms, !, to , more diversified and in
tensive production, and to a con
stantly growing population.; "
And nowhere In the country. Is
there 1 a more inviting field for
thrifty, tolling people than here in
Oregon. Soli, climate, and all con
ditions are mora attractive ' and in
viting than in-: Canada, where so
many have gone to try to better their
condition a large , proportion of
them returning sadder and wiser
for their experience. ,
Oregon has Just fairly, begun Ao
develop. -It may gain a million peo
ple in - the next - twenty years.
SEXATOBALPRICHAyrritUBBmt
S'
ENATOR ALDRICH explains at
great length and with much ex
pert learning all about the pro
duction and manufacture ot
rubber. But the facts . remain, as
stated by Senator Brlstow, that Ald
rlch ; raised the duty on rubber
goods, that he is heavily Interested
in rubber manufacture, and that as
soon as the duty was raised the
price ' of rubber, goods ; went up.
These can scarcely be considered as
coincidences, in spite of the Rhode
Island senator's learned explanation.
He says that the price ot rubber
goods is fixed in the tree trade mar
kets of London and Antwerp. If
this were so it is curious that Mr.
Aldrlch cared ' about ..raising the
tariff on rubber manufactures, The
fact is .that his object was to keep
out all foreign importations -and en
able American manufacturers, . of
whom he Is one, to raise the price
to consumers, , And this was done;
everyr-buyer of t anything 4 composed
of rubber ' knows that their cost
went up as soon as Mr. Aldrlch raised
the tariff. , He made millions of peo
ple poorerj and himself and his few.
aesoclates richer by raising the duty
on rubber. -This Is what he consid
ers tine statesmanship, but ' a good
many people are not pleased with
that style ot statesmanship. i,
THE COAL OF ALASKA
r
N 1 A bulletin of the United States
geological survey, Engineer Al
fred H. - Brooks estimates ' that
there is now" a market for 1,000,-
000 tons a year of Alaska coal. The
bulletin has a distinctly Guggen
helmlsh flavor,! yet it is true and
important that 'Alaska contains an
al,. aad-that
this great natural resource should
be developed for the benefit of the
people. . , u
, Men of great capital 'who Invest
money in these properties should be
given a fair chance to make reason
able calca ,oa. their, lavcEjtmcata, and
reap suitable rewards for their enter
prise; but ' great deposits of coal
should not be allowed to become
the absolute possession of any per
son or corporation. Coal Is a natural
wealth that properly belongs to all
the people and should be conserves
and handled in their-interest and
for their benefit ,
Jotn Barrett, Born
' Drummer M and '
Successful Diplomat
From' the National Magazine.
Tha period ot ig-noranct respecting th
world to the south ot u, happily has
panted and cone, tlnce the coming ot
the Honorable John Barrett, director-
It acems almost tautological to eay dl
rector of what, but for the aake of being
explicit, and at the risk of being super
fluous, we write him down with his full
title, John Barrett, director of the Inter,
national bureau of American republics,
Since his advent, we are becoming al
most aa familiar -with Rio. and Buenos
Ay res and Valparaiso and Lima, as we
are wlV Joplln and. Nashville and
ScriQton and Woonsocket, while it" is as
canv to acoulr Information a.bd dsta, on
fBraill and Paraguay, and Bolivia and
Peru, and their products, ss U is to
learn' what you wish to know concern
ing conditions and affairs in your
neighboring county or school district
What la true In this respect of South
America, la equally true concerning Can
tral America, which, until tho days of
Barrett, we were wont to think, about
only as a neck of the woods where the
late Senator John T. Morgan had men
tally constructed an interoceanic canal,
which he . expected the United States
would some day make a real waterway
connecting the Atlantlo and Paoliia
oceans. ,. . - ''.
Nature made John Barrett a ; drum
mer; Grover Cleveland made him a di
plomat, and both did their work exceed-
ltifjly welL v There are three kinds of
diplomats those of the "silk stocking
diplomacy," who ars for show pur
poses; those of tha "shirt sleeve diplo
macy," . who are for no purpose, . and
those of .- the "glad hand" diplomacy,
who do things, and of the latter class
the Honorable John Barrett Is our chief
exponent and apostle, ;
That glad hand-,- that winsome smile.
the pat on the back, all done so grace
fully, and easily, and artfully, that you
ust know It Is sincere the "old fel
low" greeting, the personal interest, the
charm and magnetism why, there Is no
getting away .from It; John Barrett
could have sold fur coats and high
topped boots to the uncivilized natives
of the South Sea Islands, electric fans
to the Esquimaux and Presbyterian
hymn books to the pope, and every one
of them would have duplicated the order
on his second , trip. - .
The next time you are In Washington,
drop In at the Marble Palace of the in
ternational bureau ot American repub
lics, and get One of those welcomes.
They are kept In stodk by tha Honorable
B., for all comers, it makes no differ
ence what your calling, profession, sta
tion, politics, relationship or connection
is. It's there waiting for you, for the
genl&l director of the I. B. of A R.
knows no casta . Four minutes of J. B.'s
crystallized conversation applied to a
chimney sweep, would convince the
aforesaid c. a. that he was the peer ot
any potentate m the world, such are its
exhilarating effects.'""'-''!'1.:";'1;
The Honorable J. B. Just exudes cheer
fulness and optimism as the violet ex
udes a rich perfume, i It Is no wonder
that Mr. Cleveland In his , discretion
made him a diplomat. -
In those days the Honorable J. B. was
a Democrat, although now he Is a life
long Republican since 1898. But that
doesn't matter, for he, will return, aa
we shall see. - So.., Mr. Cleveland sent
him to far off Slam. Before that time
It had been the practice of our duly ac
credited representatives to the' court .of
his Royal Nabobs ts spend their time
learning to ride elephants, and now and
then to send In a report of an outbreak
f "bubonttr-plaguein-some place you
never heard of and can t find on the
map.
It appears tha't there has been pending
for a long time, claims amounting to
3,000,000, ot some American mission
aries who had been so unfortunate as
to suffer loss of their property at the
hands of the subjects of King of 81am,
or;so,methlng like that, and our demands
for adjustment had always been respect
fully Ignored.----' j"-'?-"-'.:'"--""--
One fine morning, after he had sized
up the situation at the Siamese capital
and was able to call all the king's re
tinue by their first name, the Honorable
J. B.. envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary, sauntered leisurely down
to the palace, bung his silk ha) on the
f "1""! ' n
fully adjusting his eyeglasses, and gave
his royal joblots on of , his choicest
samples of the old fellow" conversa
tion, together with several merry ha-
ha'a
Speaking fit those beautifuk Siamese
twins, and not wishing to change the
subject your highness," said the Hon
orable Ji B., gently flicking a speck
of lint from the old man's velvet gown,
"how about that little matter , of the
three , million or somo such trifling
amount which seems to be the balance
you are owing us? Could your majesty
oblige me with a check today? , By the
way, that young-, elephant I saw the
prince riding yesterday, is a mighty
clever, little beast! I hope her royal
highness, the queen, Is enjoying her
usual good health this morning."
Did the , king of Biam become Indig
nant and rage, and throw our envoy ex
traordinary and minister plenipotentiary
out Into the street with orders to his
satraps to behead him and declare War
against the United states? He did not
Instead, he failed In tha auditor of his
realm, or his cashier, or disbursing of
ficer, or whoever handles the coin, and
paid the claims In .ensh, just as If he
had always made It his practloe to pay
bills on the 10th ot each month thanks
to the "old fellow" and gladhand di
plomacy; of the Honorable J. B.
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It was the Honorable J. B. who kept
Secretary Root from getting lonesome
and being homesick on tits' famous trip
to the South American countries several
years ago, and made the journey one of
unending Joy and pleasure The Hon
orablef J. B. was then filling a few di
plomatic posts In that vicinity. '- Arriv
ing at Rio,- Mr. Root found - the Hon
orable J. B. on the dock to greet him,
and his was the hand to wave him a
last good-bye, as he proceeded Onward.
It was the same at Buenos Ayres. Hur
dling the Andes, fording the Amazon,
traveling , by burro and ox-team. J. B.
was enabled to Jofh the secretary at San
tiago, and who should show up first In
Peru to lead him to the ancient temple
ot the sunworshlppers, but the same om
nipresent John Barrett Again, upon ar
riving at Panama, the secretary 'was re
joiced to fall into the arms of the same
J. B. ; How did be get there? Why,
4tht -4hiottettta- JIosral Jr a
"Get there," and he does,
For this service, Secretary Root mad
him the director of the bureau of Am
erican republics. At that time, the
bureau was in a rented structure to
tally Inadequate for. its demands, yet
with no funds to acquire more commo
dious quarters. The situation presented
ne treat problem, however, to ens whe
COMMENT And
SMALL CHANGE
Mew die; mankind lives.
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Now, next week, register.: "
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Every child should learn td'twlm. .
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Portland is always af ine summer m.
sort. . .... . . .
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The crops will save the country again
as ever. .
No, there la no law to compel Ballln
ger to resign. .
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T. Oregon will grow and prosper, who-
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. Mr.' Bowerman may become governor
end may not.
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. There have been better summers for
the ice cream dealers.
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That fair and livestock show must be
made a great success. . .
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.California may get free from the Ess
Pee but it is doubtful.
It Is . a hard, tough world; Vacation
Thanks to the tariff, there are pretty
good cr6ps In this region. .. .
-The chances are that Pennsylvania
will go Republican again.
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Sara Bernhardt is a great grand
mother; yet lststHJ oung.
Portland, some time, will be .the big
gest city of tha Pacific coast -
So far as he spoke, Senator Gore, ev
erybody knows, told the truth.
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Population of Seattle, 3 11,593. Seat
tle Times. Cut it down, 100,000. ,
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The chances are that the Prohibition.
lets will not elect their ticket yet
"Extravagance must rasA.H nave th
Milwaukee Wisconsin. But It won't
Nothlne is heard latlv Vif . von no-
Theodore Roosevelt But ft may be as
sumed that he is enjoying himself.
The Albanv Herald save W. 1. Clarke.
assembly candidate for state printer, i
should be elected, "because he has al
ways been a straight" Republican," Now
Is that a really good reason? . rr-j
August, 13 in HiVtory---Tlie
"And everybody praised the duke,
Who this great fight did win.'1
"But what good came of it at last?"
Quote little Peterkin. -
"Why,; that I cannot tell,: said he;
"But twas a famous victory."
The battle of Blenheim or Hochstadt
was fought on August 13, 1704, between,
tne English and Austrians, under the
Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eu
gene, and the French and Bavarians,
under Marshal Tallard, Marson and the
Elector of Bavaria. Robert Southey's
conversational poem' on .this battle, be
tween Old Kaspar and his little ,grand
child. Wilhelmine, one of thf prettiest
In the English language, has helped to
popularize this battle in .the public
mind. -
Blenheim ih a Bavarian village about
23 miles from Augsburg. Tha battle,
however, did not actually take place
here: but at a village nearby. It was
one of the series of battles of the fa
mous war of the Spanish succession,
The Duke of Marlborough, with his
motley army of English, Dutch. Danes
and Germans, concealing his main pur
pose, was marching south along tne
Rhine, with a design to strike his criti
cal - blow. , by M attacking f the French
armies that were forming for the cam
paign of the Danube, and thus protect
the emperor and . Vienna. , ana ' punisn
the elector of Bavaria, whose territory
would be then exposed.
Marlborough and the Frlncs of Baden,
with united forces of about, (0.000 men,
advanced in rapid marches and took,
bv gallant assault the fortifications of
Don au worth, a critical and commanding
position ' on " the Danube. The allies
were now masters oune rnam passages
of the Danube and had strong place aa
basis Of action. Tne auiea leaders
thereupon sent troops Into the heart
of Bavaria, and devastated the country
even ttf ths vicinity of Munich burning
and destroying, as they rrfarched, . and
taking several minor fortresses, t
Marlborough forces and those or
Prince Eugene were distant from .each
other some 40 miles, when came the
news of the march of a French army
of 25,009 men, under Tallard, to form
a Junction with - the others to succor
the Elector, and take revenge for the
defeat of the Schellenberg. The French
marshals, Tallard and Marson, were now
in command; their design was to attack
Marlborough and . Eugene s armies in
detail. By rapid marches Marlborough
crossed the Danube and- joined Prince
Eugene near Donauworth, and - there-
. . . . ....... s :
could shake down the king of Slam for
three millions in settlement of ancient
claims? .i-;jr-ff:jV."-":-.vr;.
It Is easy to foretell what will trans
pire when an "easy mark" with an over
flow ot egotism, meets up with a sure
enough diplomat whatever his line Of
goods may be. That was just ths cir
cumstances when i"Uncle Andy" Carne
gie, with his roll of vanity seven times
as large as his bank roll, encountered
the Honorable J. B. with the glad hand
and "old fellow" greeting. , The answer
Is simple enough, the Ironmaster un
bended, and the golden shekels jingled
from his pockets to tha tuns of half a
million or so. and the Honorable J. B.
built the magnificent marbel palace
which stands Just : beyond the White
House in Washington, as a home for ths
International Bureau of .American re
publics, -a - consummation whlch has
brought the republics of the three Am
ericas . into closer relationship and
friendship than ever before existed...
Some there are who say that the bau-
tlful edifice stands as a monument to
Andrew Carnegie, his generosity and his
propaganda of peace. On the contrary,
It . is a pus to tne vanity or - uncie
Andy," and a monument to the "giaa
hand' diplomacy ot ths Honorable John
Barrett
Lettna to Th Journal bonld M Written on
Oa side of th- paper only and tbonld b a w ro
amed tT us nam ana aaare 01 u wmw.
b nam will not b oaed if th writer ask
that tt beT withheld. ' Th Journal It not to b
snderatoud a Indorilng tbTlew or atatementa
ot enneapondenU. Letter abould b mad
brief pomibl. Tbon who wUb their lttrs
returned when oot a4 ahould lnek poaUg.
Oorreapondeot ar notified tbat letter ei
ceedlng 300 word In length may tt th dla
erction of ,u dltor, b eat dowo to tbat Uoiit,
v; V Building Auditorium. ;
Portland, Or., Jlug. 11.- To the Editor
of The. Journal Portland may Justly be
proud of the many public buildings
within her borders, but there is one
class of -these structures which ' has
been badly handled, with tha result that
today these - structures stand as a
shame to the city. I speak of the pub-
HA4ftvft.tftri 4--lhil t Darken em
Lownsdale Square.
. ...... .
To enter any of these buildings is a
source of personal discomfort Close,
filthy and dark, they present" anything
but a structure built, for the purpose
Intended. No care seems apparent, to
the- casual observer, and " to call such
places sanitary, la to abuse th word.
For the benefit of the hundreds' who
Letters From tlie People :
news in brief
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Dufur streets are to be lighted.
Everything gives promise of an un
usually busy fall In Eugene. Crops are
Kooa ana prices wm De satisiaciory
from all present Indications, says the
" Wheat that will "yield- C bushels per
acre in me i.cno country should appeal
10 me rarmers in tne li&rht.land section
says the Kast Oregonian. Galgallu
wneai is eviaentiy a good variety and
snouia oe tried out more thoroughly. ,
Canby- Tribune:
The Molalla Power
company has a vejy busy force at work
thia week putUngTip new poles, string
ip new poles, string-
ing new wires, hoisting' large . trans-
formers of the most approved pattern.
and doing a hundred and one other
things preparatory- to turning on th
electric - juice- from - our own new
power plant on the Molalla riven They
expect to have the machinery running
in naoiaer weeK,
- wsi week Arlington was without a
preacher, doctor or - lawyer, and still
the earth continued to revolve, the
river made no attemnt to run uo hill.
nor did the moon turn pale with fright,
says the Record. No one was sick, no
marriages hdd to be postponed, and the
legal tangles were kept In cold storage
until a pilot could be procured. Pro
fessional men must have vacations, rec
reation, rejuvenation same as Ordinary
mortals, oui u was uniuna ior - tnera
an xo lorsaK us ai tne same time.
.. ' . .....
Billy Clarke. In his Gervals Star
Bourne or anti-Bourne is the slogan and
it's just as well to come plainly to the
frent and settle this question. This pa
per a number ot months ago sounded
the warning and now It Is. Mtble to be
a reality. Mr. Bourne, as United States
senator, has long enmigh misrepresented
the state and be will strive to do so
again as soon as his present term of
office is ended. Let us hope that It
win not oe so,
' Under an arrangement11 with the Linn
county . Pioneer's association B. L.
Jones, editor of the Albany Citizen, Will
publish a history of Linn county, con
sisting approximately or ssu pages, wun
Illustrations, presenting a book that will
be sold for 11.50. One thousand advando
subscriptions will be secured arid two or
hthree thousand will be printed. Mr,
Jones will spend several months prepar
ing the material for the work, personal.
ly Interviewing the ' prominent pioneers
of the county, endeavoring to produce
S work tnat snail be not oniy readable,
ut reliable. -v- . -
Battle of Blennenn
upon occurred one of the most. Import
ant and decisive contests of modern
times. Ths skillful tactics ot the allied
generals precipitated the battle. The
allied French and Bavarians numbered
60,000, the English, Dutch and Germans
and other allies about 63,000. - .
The allies' were allowed ' to cross an
intervening rook without opposition
and form their lines. s A great charge,
In full force, of the allies was then
made; they broke the enemy's extended
lines, and an ensuing charge of cavalry
scattered his forces right and left and
drove many Into the Danube. More.
than 14,000 French and Bavarians, who
had not struck a blow, except to defend
their position, entrenched and shut up
in the village of Blenheim waiting for
orders to move, were then surrounded
by the victorious allies and compelled
to surrender as prisoners of war. The
scattered remnants of the French and
Bavarian ' army either s disbanded or.
were driven over the Rhine. The garri
son at Ulna capitulated and the Elector
fled, to France. y',t.;','i,'i -
The battle of Blenheim dashed to the
ground the hopes of Louis XIV and
saved the house of , Hapsbnrg la Ger
many and helped it , greatly In Hun
gary. V his battie is commemorated In
England by Blenheim House, ths seat
of the Duke of Marlborough, which wa
erected near Oxford at the public ex
pense In ths rejn of Queen Anne . as
a testimony of gratitude to ths victor of
Blenheim. .' . , ; v v.
On August IS the first Negro slaves
brought to the colonies landed at Sames-townVa-lnlJlJ.Jt
is the data on
which - Havana was , captured by the
English In 17(2; the duel was fought
between Robert Howe and Christopher
Gadsden In 1778; , the United States
frigate, Essex, captured the Alert in
1812, and the British government opened
negotiations with the Confederate states
(1851). August It is the birthday of
Lord Esher (1S1I), Mrs. Lucy Stone, the
reformer (1818); Henry M. Dexter,
clergyman and author (1821); Henry L.
Abbott who Invented and developed the
United States system of submarine
mines (1831); Felix Adler, educator and
reformer (1851); and Emma Eamea,
the opera singer (1887). it Is the date
of ths death of Tiberius II (882); Dr.
Gilbert Stuart, ths ' English historian
(178$); Robert Plummer Ward, novel
ist (1848), and Marshal Nell of France
visits these lavatories, there should
some change In care taking, so thaCi
from a sanitary viewpoint there could
be no objection. : c's ,:
The present structures could not have
been built with sanitation . the para
mount object What is needed Is win
dows, , to allow light . to flood ths en
closure continuously and thereby assist
In the cleaning; also to allow free ven,-'
tilation. --. '. . - i
The city can well put more effort on
this phase of the publlo need and es
tablish on Lownsdale 8quare, at least,
a modern ; subterranlan lavatory ; and
relegate to the junk heap the present
unsanitary structures. W. DENTON.
t; The Bcandal of Steel Common.
' From the Chicago Journal.
""For the three months ending JunOO,'
1810, the net earnings of the steel trust
were $40,170,960. For the corresponding
three months of 1908 they were $29,
840.491. ' ';. V;-i: ,.'.-''
Last -January' the common stock of
the Steel trust then paying 4 per cent,
sold at 891 a share. Yesterday, with a
dividend of G per cent and in the face
of Increased earnings of more than $10,
000,000, the .stock sold at $1.85.
Up to yesterday's Closing ths total
sales of all kinds of stock since Jan.
1 amounted . to 109,848,200 shares, of
which 25,188,160 were Steel 'common,
although the entire number of shares
of this stock In existence is only 5,083,-.
028. '.:-, v,. :
If the dealings in Steel common have
been legitimate, the entire Issue of com
mon stock has been sold almost five
times over since Jan. 1, and nearly one
quarter of the entire business of ths
New York stock exchange has been in
Steel common. " ,
t Does anyone Imagine that this enor
mous volume of trading has resulted
from the desire of Investors to purchase
Stel common? Does anyone think that
the drop in price from $91 a share to
IS1.25 had any basis except manipula
tion? : r. ;
The course of Steel common la scanda
lous,' Its manipulators are simply run
ning an ordinary gambling game. Their
aim, like that of any other gambling
- . . -ur-- t r. v v
nonne, is to Hence niicKnrs.
jxow mucn lunger is me .siate or New
York going to stand idly by and per
mit this WaU street coterie to-rook their
victims asMirutally and - brazenly as
the street-crn! thug with his black
jack and brass knuckles? . '- .
: ; . x' ' "V -" -:
Wo.rk hna. begun on Cottage Grove's
new 1 00,000 gallon enpaclty concrete
rcsarvolr, J - ' " i""
TANGLEFOOT
By Miles OverUt
. A mule was made to hobble, '
A girl was made to flirt. "
But woman really wasn't made
To wear a hobble skirt.
SONGS ABOUT THE TOWN.
The good ship Ump-te-ump was sailing,
The bridge loomed up, she whistled and
. . wasted pounds of steam, '
For though the bridge was built to let
' . the steamboats amble through,
The tender couldn't see. the point for
, people heard him coo:
"I'll teach you tellers to keep your dates,
I'm boss of the whole blamed show,. .
I ring the bell and shut the gates
And signal to lot 'er go, , ?
I'm the captain bold and the, Skipper,
too,'- ,- . -. - ,
And first and second mates, '
And though you - whistle - until , you're
- blue ' '
v X never will close these gatea. v v-
A later hour; a whistle blows la coarse
uiu rsucgui ruiere,
The tender gently rings his bell, he has
iiw outer cnoice; v
He slams the gate while people swear,
mo- uiiug uicii ajeniiy lurnei, v
uiuimuri wnue o jingiqs iuua in
. dollars that he earns;.
"I'm" the boss, all right, when I want .
' to be, --
I stop the workers' haste, p
I ring the bell quite loud and free,
,...i.u,V. IUII. 4kljf UIBIV. .
DO blow vdur whlitlea with iatl mm
t.m on me siae o tne law.
And you'll have to use some tjynamlte ,
n yuu want to open tne era w.- j
' . SOMH MtrLE-'rTHIS'ff.
Bill Johnson owned a sorrel mule, a"'
wild and untamed steed, ' . .
That violated every rule that every-
t-Mllt. V.A..l
, inula iuvuiu neou,
Although this mule could lift hie heels
in style both sure and quick.
He never stopped when eating meals to
register a klqk. . . ,
He never killed a hired; nan in all bis "
He never broke away and rani he never
Biiuuish wiun iear
When noisy trains came ruihlnr lnj he
And trampled on his kith and Ida and
: left there on a lope.
He never gnashed his teeth In rage
wncii wora came nw view;
Tney mever put him In a ct( when he
- - i triad on a ahna i.-r .
He never trampled on a child, nor ate.
2 . .his owner's boy,
On, sure, this mule was meek and mild
, r JU H9 III HU I IVf,
'HB WAS A GREAT LITTXB
' . GARDENER.
"What is vour business?1' Inntilfaul th. '
judge, sternly, v
"Gardener renlled tha nrlannoi- enrt.
ly. . '
"TOU don't look It What An vaii
raise?" -
"Corks. said he,
"Corker . ' .-
"Yen: you sea I wnrlr lit k
den."
Ballinger Doesnvt Jteslffn.
From the New York Evening Post.
From all sides rise voices of nennh.
llcan distress calling upon the president
to cast the Honorable Jonah Ballinger
overboard.' .Mf. Taft after. Ms custom,
keep his own counsel. , By this time he ,
is used to weathering outburst of pub
lie clamor. Just what he thinks of Bal
linger may not be difficult to oiiea
But neither Is it .hard to guess what, in
his heart of hearts. Mr. :-.Taft thinv tt
Cannon and Senator Aldrlch. Concern-
ing Ballinger, the president Is rennrtnd
as absolutely determined to do nothing -
to lores aim rrora the cabinet yet, at
the same time, as aittmar un nlo-hta wait.
Ing for Mr. Ballinger to come around
ana nana in nis resignation, we do not
believe this is Mr. Taft's attitude, be-"
cause It Is a rather childish attitude for
any man to assume. A If the president is
reauy anxious to rid himself of Ballin
ger now, no promise he may have given '
to the secretary ! hlniiin noann
of sute will always excuse an honest
cnange oi opinion. The truth probably
is that with the Ballinger investigating
committee about to nrecnnt Its r.nnrl
the president honestly feels that the
secretary of interior Bhould not be con- S
demned by anticipation. , .
9mtwm iaaaaaai ahaaaai eSfaaBk-aaHaeaaiaMHiaaeaeiaw
Would Relieve Taft
From the Philadelphia Telegraph (Rep.).
3JiwAisnoiiiiadow of doubt that :.
President Taf t would rejoice and be ex
ceeding glad should Secretary Ballinger
in a moment or unwonted tactfulness
and party patriotism compose and trans
mit a letter ot resignation; but it is not
likely such letter will be called for per-,
emptorily. Loyalty to friends and a re
luctance to acknowledge a loss of faith
la one of the presidential weaknesses.
It ts an admirable trait in private life,
but It Is a trait that sometmes runs
counter to the public good. Moreover
when persisted in It frequently clouds
an otherwise unblemished reputation, as
General Grant discovered In the case of
Secretary of War Belknap. As anxious
to relieve his party administration of the
Ballinger Incubus as Andrtw Johnson
was to relieve himself of the Edwin M.
Stanton annoyance, Mr. Taft hesitates.
on
emones
(Contributed to The Journal by Walt Matoit
th famous Kaneas poet. His proMpoma art (t
regular fettur of this column h abe -D!iy'
Journal.) ; -v-v-., v..;- w.-r, W,t:
; My" life's growing white with the '.
snows of December, and soon It must
yield to .the force of the blast; and like
an.old dotard I dream, and remember ,
the things that occurred In the far away
east How well I can'piotura the house
I was born "In, the kitchen, the statrway,
the dark narrow hall; the old clock that
rang an alarm in the morning;', the
cheap wooden paddle that hung on the
wall; that -plain wooden-paddlehatH
long handled - paddle, that trusty oli
paddle that hung on the wall! Then I
was a wayward ijroungr lad an mis
chievous, and given to tricks that Were
foolish and vain; and father would say
to me: .."Why do you grieve us, end
fill our fond hearts with a cream col
ored pain? 1 The life you are leading
long sines has disgraced you, and filled
all our bosoms with . wormwoods and
galli I pee very plainly I'll, have to
lambaste you" Then down came the
paddle-that hung qn -'the wall; that;
cheap willow paddle, , that Unvarnished "
paddle, that three cornered paddle that
hung on the wall. Then all of our
helpful and wall meaning nelg-hbors.'
whose Uvea were too barren of pleasure
and glee, would pause for a time from
their pastimes and labors, to hear that
old pul eoaiMMilnif'. wUh- mr And" O--how
they -chortled and Rlggled and tit
tered, when hearing me let out an
agonlssed. bawl! 'Twas Utile they recked
that my life was embittered bj. that
wooden paddle that hung on the wall;
that dlngbusted p&ildle, that dodganted 1
paddle, that Jim-twisted paddle that
nnng na. ine wau,
topjrlalit. 1310., br
liuuriie Mii-.iiiiw Adam. !
I ((Moeett; f 0 ..I I