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VOTERS MUST BE OX GUARD
GF AlyL the rights which the vot
ers of Oregon have won for
themselves through the Initia
tive, none is more vital than
the right to elect United States sen
ator by popular vote. Statement NO.
1 is the bulwark of this right. In
the coming Session of the legisla
ture an attempt will be made to
eliminate Statement So. 1 from the
direct primary law and to strip the
people of the power which It confers
tipon them. No man with eyes In
his head and with brains in his cra
nium can fail to perceive that this
plot Is on foot and that it will bo )
consummated next winter at Salem
unless ; the: conspirators vare fore
- stalled by the people. ,.
In one w ay and one way only .can
the people insure the preservation of
this al4Mmportant right,? That way
lies in ; the nomination and election
of Jegislatlve candidates who are
pledged nVicomprOmlslngly "to the
maintenance of the principle em
bodied in Statement No. 1.
Advocates bf . the assembly cun
ningly argue that Statement No. 1 is
not an issue in this campaign because
no senator is to be electea at the
coming session of the legislature. The
argument Is false "and misleading,
contrived for the purpose of throw
ing dust in the eyes of the voters
and deluding tem into a mistaken
sense of security. VThe one prime ob
ject of the campaign is to "stick the
knife in Statement No. V-' as was
bluntly declared many months ago
by the assembly's chief newspaper
advocate and organ. It was with this
end in view that :the assembly lead
era and their, allies, the public serv
ice corporations, put forward their
legislative ticket In Multnomah cOvin-iflf
i ty. For precisely the same purpose
assembly candidates are being placed
in nomination all over the state.
These men must be defeated and the
opportunity; to accomplish their de
feat "will be presented lft- the pri
maries on September 24. But they
cannot be defeated . theft unless
Statement No. 1 candidates, are in
the field against them. '
There is still time enough to
bring forward Statement No. 1 can
didates for the legislature, and it is
the duty of every voter who believes
in the principle to see that this Is
done in his own county.;; Nominating
petitions for Joint legislative candi
dates'that is for candidates whose
districts comprise ; more; than one,
county must be filed with the sec
retary of state not later than Satur
day, September 3. - Nominating peti
tions for legislative candidates who
- are to be voted - for in oe county
only are filed with the county clerk
and the latest date of filing Is Sep
tember 8. Full Information as to
the form of the petition " of
as to - the - number of signa
tyres required can be obtained
from any county ; clerk or by refer
ence to the provisions of the direct
primary lawt -' 1y-- ';'-(
The machinery is simple. The pro
visions of the law are clear. To put
good candid at esin the field Is easy.
The duty of the Individual voter is
plain and unmistakable. If this duty
is neglected, the reckoning that must
follow will be heavy.
MOVING PICTURES
THE MOVING picture industry is
being subjected to the super
vision " of volunteer moralists
and others and much comment
Is heard pro and ;con. The extrem
. Ists demand that pictures fit for pub
licity must not reproduce elopements
or even kissing other than by rela
tives,.; Some demand absolute prohi
bition of the moving picture houses.
: Others comnlaln that thA mmin tsia.
lure houses are the rendezvous f
. young boys and girls, and that the
exhibitions of criminal exploits
arouse in immature minds the spirit
, of emulation and the darkened con
dition of the theatre JeadS to Im-
morality. ' ' ; . '
A member of the New York-board
of censors of picture films in Wew
. York said recently to the New York
Sunr'The picture show is the noor
, man's theatre and to forbid the pro-1
ductlon of ; all scenes of .violence,
crime or suicide would be to forbid
; the Chief motives ot drama and lit
erature. ; To do so would be to for'
. bid dramatic pictures; ' and exciting.
Interesting and dramatic pictures are
ne?essary snd desirable,' It would be
, lmnnsKlhla to tindertaUn in oilmlnota
everything which might fire the Ju
yeniie imagination." But the board
doe condemn, it was explained,. 'l
. ESagXSaxjhjuUI.firnhar
roing, or such as are believed to
sugiest similar - (that ,1a,. criminal)
eels to the audience; also pictures
of wanton cruelty to animals and
unnecessarily brutal treatment of
human belnss, and nil pictures whose
j cniei appeal is to moruiu sjiireuOT.
To prohibit the moving picture
show nnyrely because the cheap en
trance fees ensnare the young is ab
surd. It would be equally sane to
prohibit the maintenance, ot soda
fountains at the corner drug store
because boys and girls form : unde
sirable acquaintances . there under
the influence of a "pineapple flip"
or a "coca-cola." The moving picture
show,, today plays a similar part In
youthful diversions to the Bertha M.
Clay and Frank Merrlwell novels of
a Xew'years ago. The country sur
vived the one without prohibition,
and will undoubtedly emerge from
the other more or' less unscathed.
- On the other hand, there no
question as to the advisability of
censorship of all films and the con
sequent elimination of dangerous
features.. The moving picture man
ager should be required to regulate
the nature of hlB exhibits and the
conduct of his youthful' patrons.
Crime should be. kept' off the. mov
ing picture screen. , But a national
board can hardly tw expected to reg
ulate very stringently. - As admirable
as Is their contention about their
splendid activities, it Is to be re
membered that, few, large business
enterprises can be depended upon
to chasten their own morals. The
brewers in some states have taken It
upon themselves to regulate saloons.
Meantime, while the warfare
wages, it would ba well if the par
ents of these much-mentioned chil
dren would appoint themselves "cen
sors" of thejr children's amusements
and Inform themsel ves f as to the
character of ' the moving picture
films by -actual inspection, v ::y ,;-;v'
POIXDEXTER LOOMS BIG
T HE PEOPLE i ot r the -state - of
Washington must be asserting
' their; right : to rule when
conditions warrant three can
didates for United States sena
tor in . making a combination for
purposes, "of (defense. It is ; an
nounced from Seattle that plans, art
Lunder way; for an "amalgamation,"
so to speak, of the standpat candi
dates for the senate in an effort to
defeat Polndexter, : who , seems to
have spruqgInto a dangerous rival
in a .very; short time, A few years
ago Polndexter was ; a struggling
lawyer, fighting to keep the wolf
from the' door, while at least some
of the candidates now opposing him
were controlling millions of dollars;
Yet, when the people get opportun
ity to speak in matters political, a
common man may take the honors
usually reserved for the millionaire.
The condition in Washington politics
la peculiar. ' Arrayed against Poln
dexter is' the owner of one of Wash-
fntrtnn'a trranr nAWtnonon. tVi ftwnp.r
6everal 0f Seattle's big buildings,
and a lumberman of great wealth.
All three candidates hall from the
west side of, the state, while Poln
dexter " comes from the "cow coun
try." as that great belt of grain pro
ducing land la familiarly, if not light
ly, called.. Now these three captains
of finance are to get together and
agree which one Is to defeat the in
surgent candidate who seems to have
the people behind him. It is said
that large numbers of letters have
been sent to prominent business men
of the state asking them ; to say
which man of the three is likely to
carry the most votes In the particu
lar section of the state being thus
tested by a straw bajlot.
THE ANTIBILLBOAKD CAMPAIGN
LOWLY but surely," remarks
the Spokane Spokesman-Re-
.tew; "the fight against the
billboard gains ground."
There Is some foundation for this
statement in reports ; from various
places. Massachusetts has taken
some step? toward strict regulation
of billboards. Chicago and San Fran
cisco, are .not noted as centers of
civic virture, but both, ' as well as
many other cities, have declared war
to some extent on the billboards. In
San Francisco, and probably in other
places, the real estate dealers have
formally denounced billboards as an
Injury to property. Even Seattle is
moving for -repression of the "nui
sance," Washington. D. C, grants
no more billboard permits. In some
cities, it is reported, leading mer
chants have abandoned billboard ad
vertising. : While all this and more along the
same line that might be stated is.
true, we suppose It will be a long
time yet before . the .big billboards
will disappear. - They fll Jo ...Home ex
tent a demand that seemB entitled to
some degree of recognition, but most
people will agree that the movement
for the City Beautiful will operate
I everywhcre toward their suppression
or restriction in size and character.
WHEN MONEY WAS NOT NEEDED
NEMIES of the direct primary in
this and other states frequent
ly urge that the cost to candi
dates for such an office as
United States senator Is prohibitive
to any except men of large wealth.
It is refreshing to read the words of
Judge" John D. Works, who won the
nomination for senator in.Callfornla
I . nave made my campaign for
less than Jl 000,7 he says, ''by con-
lining my expenses to legitimate and
necessary" expenses, thus demonstrat
ing that an American citizen need
not be a millionaire to run for the
United States senate from California.
I had no organization and no paid
workers anywhere in the state. , I
have neither expected nor received
MlBaBaWBrtp-of anyirtnd:
.This Is the kind of roan who re
ceived the indorsement of th rt.
I publican voters of the state the first
J time they were given an opportunity
THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, TOnTLAND, SUNDAY
to express their choice br direct vote. '
He Is indorsed for the seat now oc-;
cupied by Frank P. Flint, whose pre
vious occupation was that of attor
ney for the Southern Pacific. "It
was the" same Frank P. Flint .who :
announced be would not be a candl-l
date to "'succeed himself because of (
the excessive cost of , a direct pri
mary campaign.- . r
doubt Flint was right, so far
as hewas ebpeerned. It would have
required a capacious barrel to pur
chase for h'lm the Indorsement at the
primaries. But for a man like-Works,
making an appeal direct to the peo
ple on a people's platform, the money
was not required.
ASSEMBLYITE EFFORTS
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T IS REPORTED in the morning
paper that by "a vigorous cam
paign of education the assembly
Republicans of Oregon will offset
the misrepresentations that have
been put out by Democrats and ir
regular Republicans." The assem
blyltes,: it Is further stated, aTe golnc
to send out large quantities of liter
ature to the' voters. "This is well;
voters not as ignorant as imagined
by 'some assemblyites, will be on
their guard against, "misrepresenta
tions." If there is any trick In the
line of "misrepresentation' ;'; that
some of the assemblyites don't know
and won't" employ," it will be a sur
prise for1 anybody who can discover
it. ' ' '
"Democrats and ,irft?gular Repub
Hchns" should be closely watched, no
doubt; yet they mighLoccaslonally
tell some truths, and take a notion
to do about right.'- By the way, there
are so many "irregular Republicans',
these days that, the "regulars?, ap
pear to be becoming few and scat-
ering.V Ti -'-0' ' V ;;.;. S'r
And why shpjald thf assemblyites
Bendlout; "Uteratureand "argu
ments" ...to th illiterate and incom
petent voters? Chairman George and
other assemblyite leaders argue that
the. common people, the voters gen- j
erally,' are ignoranti unfit to. select
candidates, incompetent to vote on
laws, and are only capable- of vot
ing ."straight ticket," selected by
some self-constituted leaders. Then
why Bhould these people be sent stuff
to be read, or thought about? There
Is a waste of corporation or other
funds here; all that Is necessary to
send out to the cattle people is a
cheap leaflet, saying: "Vote 'er
straight. Hurrah for ps."
.But the assemblyites are realizing
that they have a difficult proposi
tion on their hands. They are ap
pealing to the very people, who they
say are not tit for self-government.
Their game of fooling the masses
cannot be forced through as it used
to be.y There may not be1 many Dem
ocrats,lbut the political woods and
prairies and streets are alive with
"Irregular Republicans."
PURE FOOD
a LARMING manifestations of the
iU reckless djsregard of human
rV; health engendered by commer-
clal' greed are shown in the re
sults of prosecutions for food and
drug adulteration by the department
of agriculture of the United States '
during - the last year. " ; Chicago has
been found the center of unlawful
activity among . manufacturers and
firms of national reputation have
fallen into the net, .
For instance, one great packing
company was fined for purveying a
preparation of cotton seed oil for
"imported Italian olive oil.". Tomato
catsup of another large concern was
found to . contain decomposed sub
stance. and to be unfit for consump
tion. Counterfeit cider vinegar and
fruit extracts, highly adulterated and
discolored, were numerous.; The
same was true of maple 6lrup and
even of Neufchatel cheese. Several
"dandruff cures" and "complexion
beautifler8";wer,efound to have no
more potency than chalk.
Government chemists have con
demned some of the most widely ad
vertised "soothing slrups"Tand "in
fant's friends' as bby killers. There
seems no limit to which some manu
facturers will go to glean the dollars
of distressed mothers, who read the
extravagant "ads" ot bogus prepara
tions and expect to gain relief for
their babies from "remedies" which
are actually tinctured with the germs
of death.
, It is a deplorable state of affairs
when the careful housekeeper, when
she goes shopping, must arm herself
with a list of dangerous t foods and
drug's. .While in some sources there
is criticism of the work of Dr. Wi
ley's experts, there remains the fact
that foods may be prepared without
suspicion of poison and without adul
teration. Those are the safe foods to
buy and except for the work of the
national health guardians; the mar
ket, would be flooded with disease
bearing concoctions.
ESPERANTO .
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BMAINING open to any argu
ment yet to be advanced In be
half of : the Esperanto move
ment, we are bo far unable to
see any prattlcal or even any artisr
tic . or moral merit ln it. Tho an
nounced purpose of it is to provide
and put Into-use, a common world
wide language. This sounds fine,
but it Is about as Impracticable .as
a common world-wide climate, one
equal j sayt to that of, Rogue River
valley. ' . ' ' . , . '
, One point of criticism that might
be made against these linguistic en
thusiasts is that they cannot agree
among themselves on the exact form
of language to . be used, any . more
than the ad vocat.es of ' simplified
spelTIHg "coulcTagree ., on ; the orthoR-
rapny or many words., Mr,, Brandefj
lununcws. ior example, naa a .di;fer 1 killed a girl, has been held in 25 -ent
'Upt of reformed words from, that 000 bonds on a charge of Murder or
worked oufby Andrew , Carnegie--1 manslaughter, andf the evidence
and so it was all along the linp. Onei
fervent local ' advocate of reformed ,
snellin? insisted, for ' instance, in !
spelling "the" "dhe," and there
wre all sorts of . differences among
the, orthographical reformers. .
So It is with the Esperantolsts.
They agree on the grand Idea that
there should be a common language,
one spoken by a Philadelphia law
yer," an Oxford professor, a Hindu sa
p-ant, a. Digger Indian, a society belle
and a hobo asking for a substantial
handout; but they differ as to Just
what this language should be. If
It could be left solely to Esperanto
xytAt T.w t3.,rf on wmtiri h;
well; ha could not doubt devise andj
use
a languag suitable ror an a
cent' people, at least; but nobody
else would entirely agree with him
and submit to; his decision.
- Considered more seriously, the Es
peranto echemeseems entirely Im
practical. No literature of Value can
be thus manufactured. Language is
a thing of slow evolution, and de
pends on myriads of varying Ideas,
emotions, thoughts, impulses ahd
conceptions. It ; cannot be forced
upon differing people any more, evn
less, than one form or toncept of re
ligion ,could be, through a Society of
Promoters of tlniversal Religion.
The use of the English language
will doubtless, increase, in the world,
, but - not until many evoluting gen
erations have passed, if ever, will a
large potlon of the people of Eu
rope cease to speak French, other
portions Spanish, others German,
and so. on. And the world will bo
a good deal older before the China
man wilt conform in common speech
UP v the Esperanto concept ; of our
friend Mr. Barrett t .. f
SIX ACRES AND RICHES ,
-'.-;'. -'.i , ri-. ,: 1 ,' 4 c y?V-N"
WOMAN, Mrs. Alliscfn, living
"nearxPrOBSorr Wash., owns and
cultivates six acres of land.
How she happened to be pos
sessed of only this rather Irregular,
jf eVPn numbeP 0f aCrea jn that wide
country lp not explained, but accord-
lng to a supposedly veracious local
story; this Is what she has.- Nor
does the story detail whether she Is
a widow, or has a husband who has
learned to live on the principle that
everybody works but father. , V '
' But the Jact 'of interest to the gen
eral public Is that on. this six acres
Mrs. Allison raised last year 6000
boxes of apples -that she sold at a
price that netted her over - $7000.
Very likely she raised, some, other
things also vegetables, chickens,
and posslbl? - children, ; but . the
apples alone brought in $7000
above the year's expense of raising
them.
To many eastern people1 this true
story will be incredible, but out here
la the Pacific northwest it is scarce
ly remarkable. It Is thus mentioned
here more as a typical than as a won
derful incident. ;
There Is a helpful lesson in the
announcement from Payette, Idaao,
that the demand for the cantaloupes
produced in the valley surrounding
that busy town has overwhelmed the
producers, leaving orders from a
number of cities unfilled. In connec
tion with this must be taken another
significant fact, that the price be
Jng paid for . Payette cantaloupes iis
nearly: double that offered for the
product of any other section of the
northwest It lsjvell to remember
that but a few years ago' the Pay
ette country was , considered ; worth
less except as sheep and cattle range.
Men-pushed .across the valley in an
effort to- reach-land farther west
and for many years refused to con
sider the possibility of home build
ing in a section so uninviting. - But
with the development of-irrigation in
the Intermountaln country, . men dis
covered that the "light sandy soli was
wonderfully productive, and that the
most highly flavored fruits and veg
etables would grow to perfection It
was not long until the apparently
worthless land was selling at $500
to ) 1000 -per acre -and the e'nd is
not yet. '
The call for help comes from the
fruitgrowers of the Milton-Freewa-ter
district. While fruit is ripening
rapidly it is said that men and wo
men cannot be had to gather and
pack it, and thousands of ' dollars'
worth of early varieties are sure to
be lot. While in the cities hundreds
of men remain in ;self-infllcted idle
ness,, the grain fields and thrf orch
ards call them to labor but they
heed not. The loss of ripened frut
is unpleasant to consider, when one
thinks of the high cost of living, lor
the cold days of . winter will soon
come, when the .dish of choice fruit
will be passed spaYlngly because? of
short supply. And yet some people
complain that' there are too many
people in this country, already!
AllOregon is interested ln the ef
forts of 'Gene Simpson of Corvallis
to establish the Chinese pheasant as
the game bird of the northwest. In
troduced In this country a . quarter
century ago, the pheasant had a hard
time of it for a number of years be
fore men could understand its value
to the state and to the country.
Sportsmen with broad views saw the
opportunity, to build up bird shoot
ing in Oregon and spent good money
in encouraging propagation of the
birds. To men like Mr. Simpson,
whose love of the beautiful, as well
as enthusiasm for true, sport impel
them , to. take advanced , positions in
any mattor .of common good, tho
state will alwayg owe a debt of grat
itude. A.. mlllloaafceewYrker-whfrr
mobile;- crashed Into a carriage and-
T,10RNIIC, AUCUwT CI,
shows carelessness oa his' part it Is
to dg nopea uiat u.e ijuiu&uint.nt
be severe. An example needs to oe
made of some of tha millionaire
speed maniacs who are reckless and
regardless of poorer people's lives.
Not that a person should be pun
ished, for a wrong act because he is
rich, but the law should show a rich
man in such a case no favor because
of his wealth. ;
The Los Angeles Times, an ex
tremely "regular" and "conserva
tive .organ, 13 naturally greatly dis
gruntled at the result of the recent
primary, election in California. In
it does not believe in primaries
v' ev v - -'""-
rails iengimijr ti.iae reiuiiucia ui
Oregon, whom it says the California
"reformers" have copied after, "Re
formers," it : says, "are a i, funny
bunch." : They -are; Hhey are "hav
ing oodles of fun Just nbw, with
mora In prospect, at the expense of
the regulars and. standpatters. , -
, Within' a month, America's, great
est army, that which attacks 'educa
tion, will again fall' in line at the
call of the school bell. What a tr$
mendous Institution the schools are,
what a force f orgood , what a bles
slng to youth and old age! Few peo
ple stop to think of the wonderful
f orceof 20,000,000 little heads all
bent on'ope-object, all busy with one
purpose." And that is what the school
army really' means.
The mayor of Ottumwa, Iowa, has
been ousted from his position - for
permitting gambling in the town, by
a decision of a court. This .is a' warn
ing that 5 other executive officials
may do well to heed. They are sworn
to enforce the laws against crime, If
they don't -do BO" a Just: Judge may
tutri'them out of office, V "
Tramps should be made to work,
argues and urges an exchange. -.This
may be unconstitutional. Many other
persons than tramps decline to work.
But at this season of the year at
least people who do work would do
well hot to feed tramps. There is
no excuse in this region for a man
to be a bum, - ' v. .
There is something wrong with the
poultry business in Oregon when
dealers are compelled to- ship a car
load of Mve chickens from Nebraska
to Portland during the hot" weather
of . August. ' It , looks - like - carrying
coals to Newcastle to ship poultry to
one of the best poultry sections of
the country. ' " '
' It Is not only the far western
cities that are growing rapidly, . De
troit shows up, according to a censuu
bulletin,, with a population of 465,
766, a gain in 10 years of 180,062,
or 63 per "cent. This is a record of
which the bly Michigan town may
well be proud. ' .
" ji ' - ";: -.; -. ;
. The pig iron , production of the
United States, according to the Iron
Age, was 25,795,471 tons in 1909,
and 15,012.,392tons.for the first .i
of 1910 as against some 9,000,000
tons in 1895 and In 1896. The sup
ply of ore is practically lnezhanstl-.
bleOtv.:''
Why don't Brothers, Ellis and
Hawley now- come openly and val
iantly to the defepse of standpatlsm
and Cannonlsm? Are they going to
play insurgent?
It's nearly time for a wheat block
ade. Fine Collection of Jonahs. - --
From th New York Evening Post.
The Republicans are daily adding to
their fine collection of ; Jonahs. ;,- Sena
tof "Crane of Massachusetts, .appears
now to have becone the " expert au
thority for the administration on the
subject of who Is to Je heaved over
board, and has been , traveling from
place to place to Indicate who Is tiext
to be cast Into1 the - angry political
waters. Speaker Cannon was long ago
marked as the chief victim to be thrown
to the ''great fish" of - the Bible nar
rative, ;popularly supposed -to be very
like a whale( but possibly a prehistoric
submarine with excellent accommoda
tion's for politicians temporarily In re
tirement Secretary.; Balllnger Is : also
August' 21 in History
-On the death of Edward IV, ln 1483,
his crafty and unscrupulous brother,
Richard, Duke of Gloucester, gathered
quickly into his hands the reins ot
power, proceeding with . consummate
audacity and : ruthlessness to sweep
every strong rival" out of his path. Con
ten tin g him self for a few" weeks only
with the title of Protector, he sooti dis
puted the validity",: of. his brother Ed
ward's marriage, .caused an.. obsequious
parliament to set aside the young sons
whom the latter had - left. . declaring
them to be illegitimate, and placed the
crown on his own head.
The,, little prisces- (King , Edward V
and Richard, -Duke of York), immured
ln the 'tower, were murdered at their
uncle'B command, and Richard III ap
peared, tor the time, to have triumphed
in: his ambitious villainy. But popular
as he made himself in many cunning
ways, his deeds excited a horror .which
united Xancastrlans with the party of
York in a common detestation.
Friends of Henry, F.arl of Richmond,
then in exile, were not slow to take: ad
vantage of this feeling. Henry could
claim descent from the same John of
Gaunt, son of Edward III, to whom the
house of Lancaster traced its lineage;
but his family tbe, ; Beauforts sprang
from the mistress,' not the wife of the
great Duke of Lancaster, and had only
beeh legitimated by act of parliament;
una Lancastrians,' nowever;, were satis
fied with the royalty of Ma. blood, and
the Yorkists were; made content by- his
promise to marry a daughter of- Edward
IV. On this understanding being ar
ranged, Henry came over from Brittany
to, England, landing at Milford Haven
on the 8th or Aiifuist,. 1485, and ad
vancing through Wales, He was Joined
by great numbers as he moved. -,'
Richard, who had no lack of courses.
marched" quickly to meet him. and the
"ra.u nMdniu uiviBiun or nis firrny
and .ho -saw-that his fate 'was .sealed
He plungvdt wun dBsrralring rage, into
the-thickest of the strufrKle and was
slain. . His crowned helmet, which,, he
lui J.
prettv gen,cra!l- b firmed upon ns bound
fyr the fame destination. And now It
appears that Alilrii.-his.n, If not AMrloh
himself, must, in Senator Crane's judg
ment, be similarly unloaded.
At ajiv rate, fifu-r the recent confer
ences With the Rhode Island senator, It
is announced that he la firm in his in
tention not ,to seek another election, and
alBO that he will booq make a puouo
latonient explaining or refuting the
chargea brought against him by a
brother Republican, Senator Bristow of
Kansas. - As this will break Kr, Aid-
rich's consistent habit of 30 years In
not retilvinar to calumnies, w sea how
strong the- feeling has become that In
him bis party" haa a burden grievous to
be borne. . .
We notice that in the west tha Jonah
figure of speech is less In use than that
of tha scapegoat, The latter Is. in fact,
more expressive and more pertinent to
what Is actually going on. To pounce
upon a Jonah and fling him into tho
stormy sea is to Imply a very strong
conviction of his personal guilt; Where
as to single out a man as a scapegoat,
and-send him off Into the wilderness,
may simply mean that he, though pos
sibly a very good fellow, has to be made
a sacrifice of for the sake of the party.
i ne terse ana epigrammauo west cans
this "making a goat" of a politician)
still more picturesquely, "making an
Angora'' of him. We observe that thi
is what Mr, Balllnger's pastor, who is
now in New York, fears will be done
with the -secretary; Knowing his par
lshloner to be "pure : and t above re
proach," the Kev. Mr. Matthews natur
ally resents the evident purpose of the
Republican party to "make a scapegoat
of him." "If it does," adds the clergy
man, "yoii will hear a roar of 'protest
coming out of the Rocky mountains
that will make the noisiest .volcano la
the world bury its head In shame."
- A Cannon or Balllnger or Aid rich has,
innocently or otherwse, become the em
bodiment of tendencies In the party
which the people strongly object to, and
so, in order to placate the voters, a
movement Is started to disown and .dis
place the men who have. given the of
fense. But note the inevitable result
The step Is felt to be a tacit confession
that the worst which has been charged
is true. Thus whether the offending
members of the party are clung to or
thrown over, a bad Impression has been,
created and Is . certain to do political
damage, to the party. If nothing la
done, people will sayt "You confess
that you have unfit leaders, yet you
are either unable or unwilling to" depose
thorn." On the other hand, If those who
the public says "must, go" are made to
go. the cry will be raised: Well, you
kept them Over only because you-were
frightened, a How do we know that you
will not speedily take them back again.
or that you have not still with you many:
others as, rascally! , -
In all eerlousness, It Is very difficult
for a party Betting out to remove handi
caps in a campaign to do so with any
asauraflca that, politically, a bad mat
ter will not be made vorse. Today, for
example, the real mischief has already
been done. Whatever cloud Cannon and
Ballinger and .Aldrlch could cast upon
their party prospects this year, is al
ready lowering and , black, - and It Is
doubtful, if anything can now be done
to remove it - ,
" All thU Is not to say that parties are
not bound to try . to tone themselves
up' by .sending men under suspicion to
the rear. Be the , Immediate political
effect good or bad, the thing must be
done., Ships that have sprung a, leak
have no option about jettisoning m part
of their cargo. They may sink- if they
do, but they" certainly will If they do
not. xet when all is said there does
remain something , comlo In the Idea
that a party which" has obviously be
come unpopular may at once recover
popularity by disowning unpopular men,
lr is too, much like the futility of th
butcher who sought to reassure a cus
temer about some Questionable meat b?
telling nun that it was not it but the
butcher himself that emelled bad.
; Pertinent Political Paragraphs.
From the Woodburn Independent (Rep.V
We may be In -error and r one Is
liable to err but We are of the opinion
that Wallace McCamant, assembly can
didate for supremo Judge, will be. the
lowest man on the minority ticket.
Permit us to observe during vacation
perlod-tbatrvhen , the political ball be
gins to roll It Will be very palpable that
the assembly ticket Is not near so strong
as ltiused to be, ..-----fie-
We hye particularly inquired of
those who travel over the state what
the feeling Is generally In regard to the
assembly. , Invariably the, answer is that
for every one of the assembly there are
13 against It but the dozen say little,
It Is this quiet, determined faction that
will decide the day at the direct pri
mary. Their minds are made up. .
Dr. Calvin B. White, secretary of the
state board of health, who has been in
vestfgatlng typhoid cases in Roseburg,
stfys that the disease was not caused
by the city water, but from water drunk
from private "wells. -Dr. White said that
he found no indications of typhoid
terms ln the city water, but Tinon anal
valng samples taken from -several wells
had found eymptons at the dreaded af
fliction, 'which shows! that people- of
towns should avoid the use of well wa
ter. It is the water' that Is In motion
that Is, pure and safe, i ,
- ;Deatli of Ricnard III
had worn, was found by Sir Reginald
Bray, nattered and broken, " under
hawthorns bush, and placed on the head
of his rival, who soon attained a mora
solemn coronation as Henrv VI L
Both the character and personal ap
pearance of Richard III have furnished
matter of controversy. He was regard
ed as' a tyrantby hls subjects, but at
the same time he was not destitute of
some good qualities. As klngr ha seems
really-to - have - studied Jiis cotrntry's
welfare, passed good laws, endeavored
to put -an end to extortion, declined the
free . gifts offered : to ; him by several
towns, and . declared he would rather
have the hearts' of his subjects than
their money. . r f;" -. ,-"'; ,i .,
. Tradition is divided as to Riehnr'.
personal appearance, and the story of
his deformity Is possibly derived from
Lancastrian malignity and from a mis
understanding of his nickname, "Crouch-
oaca. lire race m an the nortralta
extant of Richard Is a remarkable one,
full of energy and decision, yet gentle
arid sad-looking, suggesting the idea not
oo mucji oi a. tyrant as of a mind ac
customed to unpleasant thoua-htn. Tin.
where do we find depicted the warlike
luuu-nrorea visage attributed to1 him
.5l'T?0??m -More.-. , With such, a on
um uie aong reign or tha PlantagerietS
icnumaie. xne nerce spirit and the
valor of the race never showed ; more
Strongly , than at the close. The middle
8 V 0O' as,iar as England was con
Bu,nny o Mia to have Dassed
away with Richard III. , V
F August S1V 1808, occurred the battle
of Vlmerlo, Portugal, ietween th Eng
Ushand French; the irst of the jo?t
meetings between Lincoln and Douglass
took -place In 4858- ad the .Charter; Oak
t Hartford, Conn., blew down In 1858.
Jt is the birthday of St Frances de
ciob, ina ceienrareri vrot,nH .
k I I 1 Sn7 1 . V 1r tm - TtTllll ... . J
X, ;,L'-V, ,,:c .artL f erry the hero
ii.."." Vl are. (17857, Jules
..y .liumi u. uauagner, noet and
(',h. ?f,?lP.iohn Lcak- 'English -rer
nw.uiuni iijw), ann - .ariv . ,
I "vino Miuuvnguf. IWlf. y:
New
i i'or::
Cor;
nr. 1
"Washington, Ati.
an liirwa una all f;.
wiLu seen interest the
Colonel
will lea
Roosevelt. ti, "'n t
will leave his home tOv " r"
dav anil ft
where he will m,i,'.. ".up t "
i --- tv a n.,.
B...-,iv a
farmers, he will
in
proceed ,l,
Cheyenno,
at the
t the Frontier day eeleh. J tu s
.heduled to remain in c 1&n" fi ,
aturday until Mon'n.; Lie I ,.
sc
Saturday
depart for Denver. . nen he .
An important
bstf Tuesday in, Georgia 'U,
fbemocrats will choose their ca T ,th;
the- judiciary, represenutlvci f"'
gress and countv anri i ln e.,.
local
UUUUUCCl j Wilt . hB Olon.-j
state election in October Z at &
contest is' for the renomination , '
ernor Joseph Browa. His 1 G)
Hoke Smith, whom Mr.. Brown , nent
ed in the governorship two vL
Cardinal annutellV-Vcc.
a -iftmerous suite; is booked
England Friday ior Mon.0 ?S
is to he the personal represent. .
the pope at the great Euffib??''
gress to be held in that city t f
,The first of the big state
middle west this year win hi' - ? tt(
nB Mni. i - ,u fled i.
will open Mondav t ,.State
Wntlnu.
epteraDer 3.
An unusually large number of ,
irtant conventions and .-... 01 "
lendar for the' week S f
,e number are the ufl.
convention of tha
Order of Earles. tn ho v.. l. '.i
11 .
Ot r
in a bj
Ameii
then
tional
the annual meeting of the LeTUli
American Municipalities at fit p "!
the I7th annual convention of the I-'''
tional Hay association, at Cedar L
Ohio; the 20th annual -JSf
Ohio; the 20th annual mnZ. H
cormnlssioners on uniform itatThJ?
Which Will hhel,1 ln n
Hmln.rt, 7 thl l...r" Uan00S Jtl.
a .7 ' .' a",,uttt meeting of u,-.
American Bar association; tha ,L
convention ' of the Vrm State, 4
'ever association, at Bethlehem. N w
and th annual meetings of th. i.
national Association of Facto f'
spectors and the International MM"'
tion of Labor Commissioners, th 1
slons of which will be divided bet
Hendersonvllle and Columbia, a C.
" Power of the Steel Trust.
By John Moody In Moody's MaBa8lr
lTie real strength of th mr. . .
Is to be found, and only .founi laK
steadily increasing hold on the mm
resources which It requires forth,
building up of Us , business MJ , !'
maintenance of its position in the InH i
trial world. Today it holds iS8i ;
of far reaching importance not onh i
claim to the old Lake Superior wV:;
deposits (which it acquired at the
of the consolidation) but th tm(u-!
ousiy vaiuaDie tease on the Great North. ?
em ore lands, which contain ioo.ooo.SM
to 1,000,000.000 tons Of iron ore: it(M -
practically in fee simple, the Tmtsm
deposits, which contain nearly u m
ore as the Great Northern fields, ut '
In addition about 8,000,000,000 ton
coal; it owns over 8000 miles of nil-'
road lines, including an immensely nl
able system of belt lines in the Chiw
district, Important and extremely prot; '
aois raiiroaas jn Minnesota; roadi
vast carryinar capacity connecting lib
Erie with the Pittsburg district;
tlvely valuable lines In the" Tennetr
district; , extensive and practically t
elusive deposits df coking coal ln Br
sylvania; steamship lines on the p
lakes, with vastly greater cafrjlis;
paclty than those owned at the th
the consolidation. These assets tm
trrely outside Its numerous Dew t
mills and blast furnaces which k
been built , during the last half te
years in many parts of the country, a
of the remarkable Industrial tit;
Gary, erected entirely out of iurf .:
earnings.
From an Outsider.
From the Spokane Spokesman-Re'
"We're bigger 'an you by v2i,e: i
cries Portland. - I
Heavens, can it bet -Has thativftt;
blood-curdllhg, soul-paralyxlng cw-
tlngency been realised? Is it pom:
that the ancient and honorable flsniw
village down -by the Columbls ! s
really surpassed that municipal nm
ment to the Alaskan nugget, Seattle.
Walt "What Is your proof r' I"
bated inquiry from the shores of Poget
sound. - - - ''-: . :
rThe official -announcemeat.M
been made, but . A
the merry neighborhood quarrel
on." There Is a great deal or none ;
fury. and It all rests upon tat qu ",
as to whether there are mors .
souls in Portland or Seattla - j
VptU the matter of Seattle s -' i
houses10,884 was expiamea,
up a tree favored the Oregon etty.
this was not taking Into account "
fact, clearly explained by the Seatu
Times, that the domicile vacancy
merely due to the summer negirs v
the lakes and mountains. , .
; It seems soma 20,000 residents--)
the advantage claimed by PrtIn
the way move regularly each mm
to, escape sunshine. Probably m
tbem.go as far as , Alaska. If tM n
so says the Seattle Times, they w
back to enjoy the winter climate t
Seattle is her full self again. .
No More Monte Carlo. J
From the. Boston Jf !
HelKlum Is showing itself in
In the work of "PP"
long fashionable and PWJ. j
public gambling . halls tn -
tle4 kingdom when Its P9S
uphn the Kursaal at Os end-In W i .
of the play and raid It like is
41ThnV wMenPsTrts"' :
bllng, and until Bismarck cam
in united Germany the P,"""mble
were in open partnership wlth Pft,,
Now Monte Carlo, in its wrtche4 f(
torinclpality, la the one refuge ( s
players In iu Europe. It can b
question ' of a short time ,wne n
particularly outrageous c8alnc, t
continuous scandal will
suppress the Monte Carlo casino, s
suicides' park' and Us sordid prlsj .
with ne sweep of moral InjIJggV
While we never have Jeg-W a fSl
green cloth In this untry, e rf .
a period when gambling was con ,
as the necessary attachment i 0 ,
cesfful watering place such as- &t
and Long Branch. - One hou ,
recent Cuban, congress f
with the favorable consldortawnt, j
project. .to set ,up a n ,lttie
Carlo in that island. - If ' w
publlff. should ever venture . clir. ;
anachronistic folly we nug" mi
Bolvna Involved in , the
which ; always threaten
Franc "
Monte Carlo,
" -The Albany Democrat thus en .,.
ende
to be- funny; This contest
"-. to M"
bany and Corvallis """T" .uiloff "
ny. ' The Gasette-Tlme anP
admit that Albany fj t" K
heads on human h'uldrVch and
?he soil of CorvH. ICV?!bl
wafer8rtert,r7bro'n 2J
water a boulder mJ&" 0f fcofJJ
front m& . the, PrAk'ry helf A
a so
Med to threaar ana - s t
our dusflefs carriage (sion
ride with fineiess court e
morrow. 1 : ; i - i
w