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A FEW ILAIX WORDS
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i HE ASSEMBLY is not the is
sue." Oregonian.. "Why not?
With an election coming on,
. why not settle the question
and he rid Of It? How else can -It
be settled, except In' an; election T
What are elections for but to decide
Questions of public pollcyf -', )
. For the past 18 mbnths you have
been -demanding assemblies -During
all that period you assailed and con
demned the direct primary. You de
clared that you would have assem
blies , or you would see to it that
"there would be no Republican
party." ' You led a lot of people to
your way of thinking and literally
created a new party of, asBembly
ites. - ..
You hate the direct primary. You
rallied around you a large following
ai direct primary haters. You cap
tured the organization of the Repub
lican party, Mr- Bowerman 'as your
right hand bower."; You held assem
blies, you nominated a ticket, and
you resorted to the unheard-of trick
of '.using the central committee to
further the nomination of assembly
lte candidates.
i Your Mr. Bowerman captured the
nomination for governor. ... He is the
king of the assemblyites and one of
the big bosses of assetnblylsm.,When
a resolution declaring for the direct
primary and against assemblies was
presented to his state central com
mittee for adoption, four dayB ago,
he caused them to reject it He
stands on a platform and is irre
vocably pledged to a platform that
declares the right to assemble for
"considering the fitness of candi
dates and making recommendations j
to the people." On that platform,
and with the rejected resolution star
ing the people 'in' the face Mr. Bow
erman is out asking for their votes.
Was ever an Issue more squarely pre
sented to the people of Oregon, and
assemblyismt ' '; .; - ' , '
- Yon are for the' assembly, Bower
man Is for the assembly and several
thousand Oregon , voters are for. the
assembly, and every man in the state
knows it. "You intend to lie low on
the issue now and bring it up with
a whoop and hurrah, in case of Bow-
erman's election. . You seek to lull
people to sleep until the election is i
passed, and then rally your forces
for another assault on the direct pri-,
mary and Statement One, using Bow
erman's success in case of his elec
tion as an indorsement of assembly
Ism, which In fact it would be.
. But your effort to bamboozle peo
ple, will faiL They are abundantly
able to. understand your game, v You
cannot fool all , the- people all the
time. They know what the issue la,
and they are going to make you stay
with it, for you made it
You cannot hack,' stab and budg
on the direct primary out of elec
tion .time and pose as friend and
preeerver of the direct primary at
election time. Nor can your Mr.
Bowerman do It If assemblyism was
the Jssun JltjaielpastlS-monthsJ
and you made It the issue that whole
period through, it is going to be the
Issue uatll November 8. On,, that
day,, those who are for assemblies
will vote to a man for: your Mr.
Bowerman, and ' those who are
against assemblies will vote against
Wm. That Is your issue, and having
made it, you will have to face the
music
ORECOTS PRISON SOIEMK
w j HILE the world watches the
hf West for the fiends - who
,:.f y V-wJ. up the.newspapr
plant" at Los Angeles, there
la recalled the recent remarks of a
Kew York Jude as to crime and its
..auoco. no in j uuge :noii. ot ine
United States district court, and he
in any" yea rs " in which" crimes of
violence have been more'rife than
they have 'been in recent years in
the oldest and most thickly pop-
tiiatea narts or tnia onuntrv"
As one remedy. Judge Holt would
banish the revolver. He would per
mit repeating pistols to be sold only
by licensed venders, and no one be
pr r mitted to purchase them, without
exhibiting an official .license:;"
But his chief remedy .would be a
reform, ot the administration of the
erlminal law. He decides that, our
criminal trials and 'procedure are so
conducted that punishment has come
to be a sort of lottery : He insists
iiiri wnai; is neeaea is prompt pun
ishmcnt and certain punishment, but
be does not want to be severe. He
holds that when it comes to be once
understood that certain .punishment
IIL S 11 ' '"JiL'LJ'rl low. prl,minalityill
u Kr'tly lessened. . . .
It Is ercoursging to hear those
conclusions coming from the bench
i'o'f. The press and other mediums
of expression have sounded the same
note for a lone time. It is -Inde
fensible, but It Is true that our pr
centage pf 'homicides is-far larger
and our percentage of convictions
smaller than in any other civilized
country. , At times we have, made
the gory record of more than 11.000
homicides in a Bingle year. It is a
record to make the remarks of Judge
Holt not only timely, but lmpres
6lve. ; 1 --
Commenting on the Holt discus
sion, World's Work makes the point
that we are also wrong In our plan
of punishment It says that "the
true view of punishment is that It
is a measure of reformation."; The
criminal is a man who must be edu
cated. He needs to be taught what
society is, how it is held together
and how every man can find his best
happiness as a law-abiding member
of it. Finally that he be taught that
he cannot harm other members "of
society without hurting himself, vi
; It adds that the criminal is a man
who . needs to be cured.- ; He is an
Invalid. Prisons, should exist not
to penalize those breaking the laws,
and send them ' out confirmed 1 in aa
insane hatred ;,of .society, but to
purge V thelr brain and cure their
bodies and start them out for a new
healthy and useful life; A prison
is thus aachoql laud hospital. :
-i; This is the-view; in; vogue in the
conduct' of the Oregon penitentiary,
and it Is the modern and : better
view. The old doctrine ot "an eye
for an eye and a tooth for' a tooth"
has -been outgrown and should go
Into the scrap heap. Early in the
administration of .Governor Cham
berlain ; the. reformatory view of
prison life was applied in the' Ore
gon prison. Our ajate was the first
In, the Union to Inaugurate the .move
ment, but the soundness ot the plan
Is bo apparent that "It is being rap-
Idly applied in other states, It has
the ; sanction of the best - known'
criminologists, all f whom long ago
concluded that the mere punishment
ot one criminal does not deter an
other from committing crime.
The subject is one of tremendous
importance, and along with the mul
tiplying crimes Is one - of the big
facts to which we should direct
earnest attention. , .
AT SAN FRANCISCO
l HE statement of a recent
speaker In that city is that San
Francisco baa the lowest Rock
ing rates of any port jn Amer;
, The docks are state-owned, and
not a4ceftt has ever been collected of
taxpayers for their ; construction or
maintenance. The state has, since
1863, expended $25,530,000 in
bringing the docks to their present
state of perfection, and the property I
would now bring at public auction
$250,000,000, , or , almost ten times
the original cosj. , ,
So splendid has been the success
of the state-owned docks that .in
November the people are to vote on
another bond issue of $11,000,000
for. adding Inner docks, extension of'
the sea wall, '-purchase of more
shore line and building a belt line
railroad along the water front, and
there is very prospect that the issue
will be authorized. . As a result of
the same successful experience,, an
other $1,500,000 Is to be voted lor
Improvement of the docks at ' San
Diego, the same state.
Such is San Francisco's experience
with publicly owned docks. Her
docks are the most valuable and the
best property owned by the state of
California. The tolls from the ship
ping have alwaya been sufficient to
par the interest and redeem "the
bonds at maturity. It is the one
thlngUhat has held in check "the
complete railroad' control of j Cali
fornia's ' commerce. What is more
to the point is that San Francisco Is
the only port on the Pacific coast
today where a 10,000 ton steamer
could land without permission from
a transcontinental railroad.
And even with, the splendid 4ock
facilities she. has, Sau Francisco, in
trdeTor1)e-Tead70Tlr9openljiirof
the Panama canal, is demanding
this issue of $11,000,000 of bonds
for dock purposes. She if doing it
with the realization as a result ot
her experience that 'the tolls from
shipping will pay all the operating
expenses, meet the Interest and ulti
mately retire the bonds. Does Port
land -expect to keep pace in the
movement of cities if she permits
her water front to become monop
olized? Judged by the experience of
San Francisco,1 is not the proposed
Issue of bonds for docks in Portland
both sound ' business ' policy and in
harmony with' the best thought of
the time? '
SEATTLE'S HANDICAP
T SEEMS, from the report of a
I
- recently returned visitor, that
many of the progressive citizens
of Seattle are seriously discussing
undertaking a very interesting and
very costly enterprise. While Port
land enjoys' for : her; commerce the
water grade route on each side of
the Columbia from the interior to
the metropolis, he; competitor on
Puget sound is handicapped by the
cost, delays and risks involved for
both passengers and freight in the
haul over the Cascade range. The
proof of the immensity of an ob
stacle is best measured by the sac
rifices incurred to overcome It in
this case a tunnel, 30 mileB or so
in j length, , burrowing through the
mountains, is proposed as .the only
sufficient remedy.
;As against the $90,000,000 "spent
py me rennsyivania system in tun
nelling between New- Jersey,, and
iLo.
and, and providing Itself with tho
most magnificent rkilroad depot in
the world ia the heart ot New York
t:.- r J t-;.. 1 In our
tisitr state U estimated at not ranch
mere than half that huge sum: Even
so, contributions from King coun
ty, the Btate of Washington, and
the United States government, will
have to be added to the provisions
made by the city of Seattle and by1
the railroads to Justify , the under
taking. Imagine the great work com
pleted. The train, from the fir clad
hills of the eastern slope, plunges
into the black cavern, and for an
hour roars and rattles through the
darkness. No more observation cars
crowded for the passage by ever .ris
ing grades, by" rock and precipice,
between, near and distant mountains,
to the summit of the pass, then glid
ing fast down to the western hills
towards the sunset sea. The beauti
ful once, more sacrificed to the use
ful. Meanwhile the rival railroads
in the open by the side of the Co
lumbia will gain the traffic from
the 20 miles of country abandoned
for the tunnel route.' . 'I ,
ANOTHER PACKING PLANT
p HE- JOURNAL ; was told , yester
. I day that: the 'Schwarzschild St
; Sulzberger people are to build
, f a monster packing' plant ; at
Portland. . The plant. Is to , be as
large as ': the Swift plant on the
Peninsula, and the appointments1' as
modern as any in the country. . The
plan contemplates independent etock
yards andva business of the first
magnitude. . . '
And so the scheme of a greater
Portland goes on, The . inflow of
distant, capital tb this city, and its
employment ini the promotjon ef in
dustry Is one of the marvels of the
time. . Where the village dwelling
stpod' the modem skyscraper Is be
ing reared. Of business , buildings,
there Ja in spite Of the . multiplied
number '.even , yet a scarcity, and
tradesmen, real estate 1 folk ; and
others ply their vocations In struc
tures that were once the home of a
family. As each new office or busi
ness building is reared Into form its
floor apace is almost Invariably ao
aulred by tenants long before the
workmen have, finished their task of
construction. The noise of donkey
engine, steam hammer-and riveting
machines Is ; everywhere, and every-
wherA l-f.hrrt. ! nnftut friV ruiftftftrn.
f Residences follow each other to com
pletion- in swift succession and as
fast as each is finished there is an
occupant for It No man' knows
when the expansion will end, or how
far it will go.
The visitor of a decade ago re
turns and looks on the present Port
land with; amazement The .old in-:
habitant ; of the village days looks
around on the present city in be
wilderment A New Yorker In town
the . other day declared that -Port
land is regarded by eastertfers as
the best city in the west in which
to make Investments. As we watch
and marvel at the development can
we wonder why ; V r -
CONTEMPTIBLE
IERNAN and Dunlway have in
voked . another technicality."
They are dogging every move
made by those who are seek
ing to float the bonds for the Broad
way bridge. : They are camping . on
the trail and Hounding every step . In
the proceedings .that lead in the di
rection of. beginning work on the
structure. -
It is common knowledge that their
suit is without a shadow of founda
tion to Btand on. It , is common
knowledge that the suit is a game of
legal quibbles and court technicali
ties to delay construction of the
bridge for the benefit , such,; delay
may be to Mr. Kiernan, Lawyer Dun
lway and those skulking in the rear
of their tactics of obstruction. They
are without ultimate hope of beat
ing the bridge, for enough Judges
havelalready passed on their suit to
determine that plaintiffs have no
grounds.
Meantime, a great body of people
1nPortIandare trying lo Tmlld a
city here. , They are giving of their
means, time and energy to promote
the expansion and development of
Portland. ' One of the chief factors
in aid of their efforts Is to have a
transit over the river that will be
prompt and effective. It is such a
transit that puts vigor and move
ment into city building. - ' '..'.
But as these friends of Portland
try to build up the city, Kiernan and
Duniway are pulling down. What is
worse, they are employing the courts
that were established to aid and
strengthen society,, as. a.,means. of
hindering and harming society. In
stead of going into the courts for
Justice, they are employing every
possible pretexted quibble to pre
vent the social and economic forces
of : Pprtland : from . getting - justice.
Their latest move Is contemptible
beyond the power .of words to ex
press. THE PRICE
T
HERE Is a tragedy of life in a
stdry ' carried in the news
columns of .The Journal yes
terday. It began two weeks
ago with a criminal operation on a
woman and her death as a result of
it The man who was party, to the
troubles is held in Jail as a witness
and has become insane as sequel to
the melancholy affair. p: i ':, :l
' Forbidden ways are 'never purt
sued without their penalty; ' There
is no immunity from the wages of
broken moral law. At the elbow, ot
every man and every .woman is a
grave that was the price of .traps-
gression. In every newspaper everv
srtai(rrrToTran3
retold o,f the fearful eost of folly.
Human life and human living are
a precious trust ' They are as 5 fear-
' V -':! '.I;
'rful r.3 they are
gone bo he cannot ralizo how illy
his opportunities were used, -and
what the price he paid.
A GREAT ENGLISH PAINTER
LAST .MONTH William Holman
Hunt (Ad aged 83. Best known
In this country for his religious
... paintings. 'Heboid, J stand at
the door and knock," "Christ In the
Temple,". "The Shadow of the
Cross," engravings of which hang in
so many of our homes, he was the
last of the school nicknamed the
Pre-Raphaelltes 40 years ago. These
painters claimed honesty to strict
fact and to closest detail in their
work, in so far revolting from a fash
ionable school of .prettiness aud sen
timent Holman Hunt lived in Pal
estine for years, painting and studyr
lng on the spot the figures, faces
and settings, which he painted. A
notable example was a plctufe . he
called the "Scapegoat" : The large
white goat of Palestine, driven for
the sins of the people far into the
wilderness, stood panting on the des
ert sand in the llghtsof the burning
sun.-4 .From the intense realism of.
the scene the burden of . those' sins
became ahw real to those who faced
the picture. The crowd 'that clus
tered before it when first exhibited
was, In its intense, and hushed , de
meanor, the best testimony to the
success of the painter's act . . ' ,
A PEDAGOGUE POLITIClAlt
W
OODROW WILSON, long
president of Princeton uni
versity, has "resigned in or
der to accept the Democratic
nomination for governor of - New
Jersey. The Democrats " of 'New
Jersey honored themselves more
than they did Professor. Wilsen when
they nominated him; and he hon
ored the party and the people by
accepting. . . .
Since the death of Professor Wil
liam James c Harvard - University j
President Wilson is conceded, the
country's foremost scholar and edu
cator. -He is ho " mere bookworm
he mingles closely with all sorts of
men and studies them; and the ob
ject of his, study is to do good, to
benefit 'humanity So it Willi be in
politics. : .'-'.,,-
. Some' Democrats may not agree
exactly with Professor Wilson's
party democracy, but he Is a high,
fine, cjean, type of man In politics,
The country could not go far wrong
If men like Woodrow Wilson were
at the head of public affairs every
where. ; ;; , y '
Four dead and seven, seriously in
jured, some of them maimed for life,
was the price of the auto races for
the yanderblljl; ,cup,, and ; jtiU ,we
claim to be lvillzed. - We draw put
skirts ' about us in? holy horror7at
prize fights. We look down from
imaginary heights on Mexican bull
fights and view patronizingly those
who follow that sport Yet it is
rarely that a prize fighter is killed.
In the Mexican' bull ring, It Us only
the poor brutes that pay the penalty.
Both are to be condemned, but either
is immensely respectable in contrast
with the brutal cup races that lay
so heavy a toll on human lifeThere
should be no more of them. , I. . . ;"
Lee OTell Browne testified be
fore the senate Investigating com
mittee yesterday that he did not tes
tify In his own behalf at either of
his trials in court for the reason,
that no matter what might be the
nature of his testimony he knew he
would be indicted for perjury. What
is the rottenness and V putridity of
senatorial politics when : such testi
mony is given on oath before an
Investigating committee? ' What a
pleasant reflection that the Oregon
direct primary and Statement One
spares our state and people from the
peril ol such notoriety, as boodlers
have brought upon , the otherwise
splendid state Qf Illinois, s-
The affidavit and testimony of the
state, dairy and foed commissioner
was used in court In an effort to
breakr down enforcement of JPort
land's pure milk . ordinance. This
functionary .Is the same who de
clared that "of 10 gallons of tuber
culous milk, five fed to hogs would
kill them and the other five fed to
children would . fatten them." Our
dairy and food commissioner moves
in a mysterious way, his wonders to
perform.
c :"",..":;,. ;,::. 't.i.. 1 1 j.aw.- ,;
-The country hopes that the ' dep
uties that, shot Diet? at the Cameron
Dam had all the equities. and all the
Justice on their side. ; At this dis
tance .it is not perfectly; clear that
there was full warraht fof" measures
Bd olentCas reforteirfhe'wife
Is shot, there will be general wonder
why a process of siege and starva
tion bad not been, invoked. . ;
His sworn Btatemeht filed with 'the
secretary of state shows that Senator
Bourne spent $20 in the late direct
primary, campaign.' fit went for ad
vertising Bpace in theVf f icial printed
program at the state fair. Here at
last is the proof that the tall tower
is right in shrieking that' Bourne is
,the Issue. '
A commission has reported.that it
was a charge of nitroglycerine placed
in a nearby alley that-wrecked the
Los Angeles Times plant. But what
all .want to know is who placed it
there, and Is punishment to be ap
plied that will fit the crime?
1 11 bill , Hanrcf"5rB"urhs sayTBower-
man must . he elected because it
would mean railroad development
The' last instance' of railroad ' "de-
ful and as won.:
precious. , Perhai
tbe ' ,171.13 in , jail
I veloplng" ia vLkU t';. ? i:
y c
i it i3 a mercy to j ciaate rlsurtd prominently v, rt3
that his mind iiiwhen, as attorney for the Ilarrlmaa
system, Dowerman pot , out an ia
juncllon to keep Jame3 J. IIH1 from
building a... line through' the Des
chutes canyon into central Oregon.
That was railroad "development"
with a vengeance.
- ."The assembly is not the issue,"
exclaims the tall tower. What then
have you done with your assembly
ism? ... Has it become a foundling
that you are going to set it adrift,
fatherless and motherless until
after election?
Portland's position ia the pretty
race agaist Oakland for the baseball
pennant continues satisfactory to our
fandom. It may be added, however,
that a few more points to "the good
would make life more like a beauti
ful dream. , . . ,-
The Increase in the population of
San Diego, Cal., as disclosed by the
census, Is, for 10 years, 13 per cent.
When the returns areln it will be
revealed that Portland has' gone her
several per cent better. '
Los Angeles theatres are giving
performances for the benefit ot the
sufferers from the wrecked Times
THE ISLE
Quaint Cuftoms aadT Strange
Following U the -thirl of a series
X N. Teal - It embodies soma of his
Tbe Xsle of .Una. -
The little Island known as Mona's
Isle in the Irish sea is rarely visited
by American ' travelers. This is their
loss for tn some respects It Is qne of
tlie mbst interesting- places- in Great
Britain. : The i Island . Is " about 30
miles in length and 12 In width.
It ia well served . by both electrlo and
steam cars- and has excellent roads.
Numerous steamer lines' connect with
the main land. It is about 80. miles
from Liverpool and H miles from Dub
lin. I sailed, from Liverpool for Doug
las, the chief city of the island, on the
steamer "Ben-My-Chree"y which Is Manx
for "Girl of My Heart She Is a tur
bine boat and the fastest : passenger
steamer on which I ever traveled,: log
ging 80 miles an hour at sea right
along. ... . J
On the Island one finds old customs
and traditions a, part of eyery day life.
The national coat of arms of thre legs
is Well known, its motto being, 'Throw
me as you please, I stand." It still
preserves Its Independence in law mak
ing, and the House of Keys. sits now
as it has for hundreds of years. Bach
year at fit Johns on Tynwald Mil on
the 6th of Julys as for years gone by,
so far bacWits beginning Is lost in the
shadows of the ages, the laws passed
by the House of Keys are promulgated
by being read aloud to tbe people both
In Manx and in English. .- v f . .
Zaaai Snffrage prtvalla. ,
Bo far as I know it Is the only place
in Great Britain , where equal suffrage
prevails. Men " and women " vote , under
the same' conditions, j ,
It Is the only placa la the world I
havv ever visited or heard Of where
they charge more for riding In a street
car in one direction than In another.
On the cable car Owned by the city of
Douglas, going in one 1eetlon which
la up grade, you pay one penny or two
cents, coming down grade on the same
car, one-half penny, or one cent Here
also 1b the home ' of the . Manx cat, a
tailless oreature that looks part jack
rabbit, part cat' -
Its numerous hotels are well kept
and prices are not extortionate. Hall
Caine lives at Grnba Castle a few miles
from Douglas. Tou. meet: or think
you meet (which amonnts to the same
thing) the characters in his novels on
every nana. He Is not as popular In
Manxland as he should be In view of
the extraordinary advertising the Island
has had through his novels. I was told,
it was because generally speaking some
of his characters gave, or were likely
to give a wrong Idea as to the real char
acter or. the islanders. They don't en
alwayY Trni
always turn upon a problem vith a
Manx lady as the .chief factor In the
.vv.vm.. . .;. , , .. :ir. - ........ . r: ..-:"':
"'-' ;" ; XJf Bavlxtg Bervlo,
. It was on this Island that the life sav.
lng service of Great Britain" was really
started. Through the zeal and devotion
of Sir William Hillery this service was
founded, and on a little Island in Doug
las vay he has erected a tiny castle in
memory of his wife to serve as a refuge
for shipwrecked BaHon.!'-'-'"f":AP"''r
"Th lslandrwlth Its ilelaTgierTsTcUffs
and bays, is beautiful- Its resident pop
ulation Is about 45,000, of which about
20.000 to 25,000 live in Douglas.' Its
summer population runs kt timej" as
high as 200,000 or 300,000. It is a rea
sonably religious community, but they
still have barmaids, a custom seemingly
October 9 in History
i "If ever isf man was born to be pres
ident of the JUnlted 8tates, Lewis Cass
Is that manT";' This . was the opinion
of Andrew Jackson, and It was a senti
ment voiced by his great host of friends.
It was certainly their firm belief,, and
it seerps tohaye been Cass' chief ambi
tion. ' t ;. "" . -
But - It was never realized On two
occasions he , attempted to obtain the
Democratic- nomination, but without suc
cess, and on each of these the actual
candidate was eleoted. Once he man
aged to head his party's ticket and was
defeated," and flnaHyrin"t8B2rheabanT
doned his hopes of the presidential office
and served as a member of the United
States senate.
Although born In Exeter, N. H., on
October 9, 1732, Cass moved to the then
unsettled west In 1800, and, traveling
partly by foot and partly by boat reached
Marietta, Ohlo-'-at that time a pioneer
town- Just as Winter was approaching.
There, with ' his family, he settled upon
a tract of land which the government
has given to Major Cass, the father of
Lewis, in return for his military ser
vices and there, beginning the study of
law, the young man was finally admit
ted to the Ohio bar. :,
Cass began practicing In Zanesvllle,
and prospered. He married at the age
of 24, and, shortly after engaging in a
political career, was eleoted to the legis
lature of Ohio. A year later the presi.
dent 'ThOmas Jefferson appointed him
a United States marshal, and that office
he filled until tbe baeaking Out of the
war of 1812. I ( -';-;: -
Almost at the beginning of the war
he was made colonel ot the Third Ohio
voluntefcrs, . nd served tinder General
Hull aA.fiOmwandlto a4va wua
of our arnjy when the -United States
troops advanced from Detroit into Can
ada; he led the detachment which de
feated the British at the bridge of Aux
Canards, and he drew up the famous
: , c:',i
ds ct
The progress of Portland would
be about as swift as an ox cart and
about as certain as the weather 'if
every citizen were a Frank Kiernan
or a Lawyer Dunlway.
New. York Is to succeed Paris as
the center of fashions. New York
has tackled many big things, but is
she sure she hasn't bitten off too
much this time? ;; ,
A score of serious injuries and one
fatality to date is charged against
the new football Tules. And they
are rules that were made to secure
greater safety. .
Word comes frorq Oyster Bay that
the colonel Is tired, One would like
to k'nqw how fares it with such as
were with him who are yet out of
hospitals, t
A police captain and 11 patrolmen
have been indicted for grafting in
New York. Will surprises never
cease? '
- Booker T. Washington has dined
with King Frederick of Denmark.
Watch, the next news from the south.
OF MAN
Sights in a Spot Rarely Vuitci
of articles written for The Journal by
observations during a recent " European
difficult to change In any part of Great
Britain.
The thatching of the cottages is a
work Of art The land is well tilled;
They raise fine vegetables, and partic
ularly good potatoes and Btrawberries.
There are hedges of beautiful fuchias
and wild ' flowers grow In profusion.
Some sheep and cattle are raised. The
ash' is the most common tree.. There Is
a little, manufacturing. At one time
fishing ; was a i great industry, This,
however, la falling off steadily, and the
hardy, sallormen have to go long dis
tances for good catches. . ; ",: " '
3 Xlstorlo Oastlei. .
There are some notable ruins, and a
tew well preserved ancient castles. Cas
tle Rushen Is the piece de resistance in
the latter Class, and Peel castle in the
former. Sir Walter Scott refers to one
of Its legends a the 'Xay of tha Last
Minstrel: where ho' says: - - y .'--"'-,. '.-' i..-.v,
"For he was speechlessghastly, wan, ?:'
Like him of whom the story ran, "'
That spake the spectre hound In Man."
Jn "Peveril of the Feak" this castle
plays an important part Shakespeare in
'Henry VT' refers to tt, Wordsworth has
sung It Space will not permit even a
passing reference o all the ..historical
apocryphal tales of ; these castles and
land. ''-': :
St. Patrick visited the Island In A. D.
445, and laid the foundation of St Pat
rick's church, now In ruins. It Is at
Braddon, a short distano from Douglas,
where on every Sunday thousands gather
under-the trees for services in the open
At one time the island had Its own
kings, but in 1765 was merged In the
British crown. It was settled by Oalllo
Celts, and In succession has been under
the rule ef Norsemen, Scotch and Epg
lish,the lordship finally becoming vest
ed In the earl of Derby.
- Douglas is ti well -bufltf well 'paved,
beautiful little city. It owns its street
railways, gas and waterworks, and from
the reports .operates them at a profit .
Fublio Books.
. Its harbor is largely artificial, being
havens partially enclosed by splendid
tone piers. How they can afford to do
this class of work there, and we nothing
here. Is passing strange. The Island Is
subject to fearful .storms, and at times
the waves dash entirely over the broad
promenades and quays. The railroad
stations, are models of cleanliness and
convenience. The travel is principally
third class, and, the cars are comfortable
and clean. The cottages are white
washed and look bright and neat. . The
streets in the city are clean. Indeed. I
frtendTxroT OmaZ
Robert Cowell kna him family w.
saw the Island under favorable clrcum-
Robert Cowell and his family were there
at the time visiting the land of his birth.
The Manx people are sturdy and inde
pendent, frank and honest, kindly and
hospitable. As I sailed away for Dublin
and saw the Castle of Refuge, Douglas
Head, and finally Mona's Isle fade from
view, I, confess to a feellrrg of regret at
leaving a land as yet unspoiled br a too
refined civilisation. The goal of nearly
all travelers Is London, Paris, Berlin, or
ome great city. In. consequence places
like the Isle of Man are overlooked and
rarely; find a place In an Itinerary. A
Manx patriot has thus sung of his home:
"The wandering rover, who all the world
over
From country to country has been.
Can discover nowhere with thee to com-
pare,
. O Tannin veg villish veen."
"Born to Be President
proclamation of the American general
and thl people- of Canada. All this so
promising , military beginning came,
however, to an inglorious end. Hull
surrendered and Cass, of course, was in
cluded in the capitulation. He had been
a good . and daring fighter and was so
Indignant at-the turn of events that
it-IB said, he ' broke his f sword rather
than give, it up. - -; f ';
In 1831 President' Jacksh appointed
Cass his secretary of war and in this
capacity he put down the Black Hawk
outbreak. Resigning, ho afterward-went
asninister to Prance, "and in 1844 vainly
tried to get the Democratlo nomination
for president, which went to James K.
Polk.. Early in 1845 he was elected to
the senate, from which he resigned three
years later to accept the presidential
nomination and to be beaten by the In-
dependent candidaoy of Martin Van Bu
ren. In 1852 he was again defeated for
the nomination and In 1858 Buchsfcnan
made him secretary of state. . .
Cass was oppose to his chiefs posi
tion on the states'rtghts question and,
upon Buchanan's refusal to reenforce
Major Anderson at Sumter, Cass re
Signed. This action ended his public
career of 66 aotlve years. He died In
Detroit, Mich., June 17, 1866;
On October 9, 1701, .the charter : for
Yale college was granted. It is . the
date on which Alaska was transferred
to the United States in 1867; on which
the first overland mall arrived in St
Louis from San Francisco by pony ex
press in 1858; and on which the Italian
union was established In 1870. ' Today
is the birthday of Michael de Cervantes.
author of "Don Quixote" (1547); Chftrfes
gyman and educator (1798):' Elizabeth
Akers Alhsn, the poet (1832); Winfield
Scott Sohley, the naval hero 183D), and
Leonard Wood, the American general
(I860), .
luilling. Tho tt.-itrkc:! f;-'.'.
always be relied upon for crrai
mercy.
Washington, Ckjt 8. Ex-FiesWent
Roosevelt will begin the week with a
speech at the Arkansas state fair in
Hot Springs. On Tuesday he will visit
St. Louis as the guest Qf Governor
Hadley of Missouri and the following
day he will proceed to Peoria, where
he is to epeak at a banquet of the
Knights of Columbus. Wednesday he
will conclude his present tour with a
speech in Indiana in behalf of the can
didacy of United States-Senator Beve
rldge. ' . . ,. ;
The supreme court of th United
States will convene Monday for its winter-
term. - Owing to the lack of a full
bench It IS believed that few cases
of importance are likely to be argued
or decided before late in the year.:, '
President Taf t's summer vacation will
probably end the last of the week, when
the cottage at Beverly will be closed
and the president and his. family will
return to .Washington for the winter..
Columbus day, the anniversary of the
discovery , of America by ' Christopher
Columbus, will be observed as a legal
holiday Wednesday by 14 states, sev
eral of them observing the day. for the
first. time. - '
4 Representatives of the j various ' provinces-
of the Dominion will meet in
conference with the commission on con
servation In Ottawa Wednesday to dis
cuss matters relating to the pubilo
health. . )-: -,K-..;- - -'-V1 -; .::- ,-;
'. -Representatives of patriotic and his
torical -societies of several states will ,
meet In Harrlsburg, Pa. Thursday fw.
discuss preliminary ' arrangements for
the great .celebration 4,of the fiftieth
anniversary of the battle! of Gettysburs;
which it IB proposed to hold In 1913.
On Saturday the cornerston is to be
laid for the Iroquois 'Memorial Emer
geney hospital which Is to be erected
In Chloago In memory of tha 600 vic
tims of the Iroquois theatre fire, De-v
cember 30, 1903.. r x
Eventa of the week abroad Oiat will
Interest readers on i this Bide of tha
water will include the vdrparture of tha
duke of Connaught for South Africa to
open the first union i parliament, the
opening In London of an international
conference on town planning,' and tha
celebration in the German capital of
the one hundredth anniversary of the
University of Berlin. ,-
Among the Important conventions of
the. week will be the American International-
humane conference in W&h
ington, the meeting of the national coun
cil or congregational churches and its
affiliated societies In Boston, and, the
International convention of - Christian
churches lnTopeka, ; .. . f
Jay Bowerman, Premier . Hopper, t.
From the Eugene Guard, inti'1
in answer to Senator Bourne's ad
dress advising Republicans ria . --rota
against all assembly nominees. , Jay
Bowerman, assembly nominee for gov -ernor,
has sent .a letter to the press,
la which he saya: -.- -.-uv -"If
I am elected coventor I win veta
any and every measure which attempts
or nnaertaxes 9 amend, change or re
peal tha direct primary law, Statement
ino. or any etner law adopted by the
people, or any part of any of them.
As a member of the senate and nraai.
dent of that body, I have never endear-
orea in any way, manner or form to
Induce any other member to violate his
pledge or obligation under -Statement
No. 1, and If Ljim elected governor I
shall pursue the same course and shall
not in apy manner ,or by any means
interfere or attempt to Interfere with
the conduct of any member in this par
ticular, . or lnduoa him to violate hla
pledga- ;:,';,'.;,, iX:
Now doesnt that break the record
for political flopping? Mr. Bowerman
received hla nomination at the hands of
the state assembly, which was called
to evade nominations dlreotly by the
people In the primaries, and which was
especially bitter against Statement No.
1. Having seoured-thla -nomination, he
now bids for election on a platform
pledging; loyalty to the dlreot primary
law In general and Statement No. 11a
particular. '
As a flopdoodle candidate" Jays per
formance Is oerUInly worthy of admir
ation, especially if he makes it stick.
And to think that onlya short time
ago. th Oregonian. Mr Bowerman's
chief supporter, said editorially: - -
"Republicans of Oregon intend to re
pudiate Statement One.- They Intend ta
suggest in assembly or convention can
dldateB. for tbe princljlles, and will put
the knife into each and all who declare
for Statement One," . . . ;
- Will the Oregonian make good now
Ml!?I1tl--fknif fitQ 3 Bowerman,
or will -It regard hiadeclaration In favor
of Statement No. 1 as mar MmnsiM
claptrap, designed to disguise his real
uuiivi-uiAUiia r
A Card toy Foreign Critics.
We chow gum Tou chew garllo, ''
We often Bpoil om Tou oftan beat
wives, e . .: them.
Our PurltanB Tour here tie
burned heretics. burned Puritans
Many of our best Many 'of yourt
f amjliBs. are. don't -need it
, being supported , their ancestors
by graft " : . fixed it for
. 1 ' them, v i
Our houses are Tours are like
Ilka steam cold storage
ovens. plants. J
What can be worse Tour habitual use
than our habit- -of absinthe,
ual use of lo - i
water? .
We have no Inter Tou have tiO mod
estlng: ruins. -. em plumbing. -We
think too much So do you. " ,.
- of. ourselves. .- .- ... . .
Our struggle for Tours Is traglo. v
q u all ty- is -.
-' comic. ' !
Many of ourlnsti- Many of your oof.
tutlona have be-; ruptlon's : hava
come corrupt . J -heoome 1 instltu
-r 'tlons.
,;. Our customs house Tou doubtless
- la, obnoxious. , . have bandits of
; - .'! " your own.
Wallace Irwin In the-October Metro-
.' polltan Magazine. v ; - s ,
"''' 1 1 11
ElectHelty-Dlsplacel Horses. ""?
Ftom Electric News Service. i
An Illustration of the advantages and
.economy gained by electrlo vehicle over
horse haulag Is shown in the follow
ing record of specific case: j
One two-ton truck replaced two two
horse trucks working twelve months
and one additional two-horse truck dur
ing the winter months, t
Cost of horse haulage for two
years was '
Cost of electric truck, for cur, .
rent tires, driver and all main-
tenance for two and one-half. J'
- years ,
IntereBt , on cost t'wo and one
half years . . . . . .
Twenty-five per cent of Invest
ment' written off , , 4
! Saving In same period over horse
nauiage was . . . ... . 3341s
A well known brewing company of St.
Louis haa effected a saving of 50 per
cent by the use of electric trucks and
wagons over horse haulage. They -have
been using electric vehicles over six
years and now have over fifty in service
in that city. .
mon
ey, j., a. jujwr ioaay brous-ht . in h
Guard nffit-e a."shtnplaster"- used dur-
I?g il16 cv.lvll w?r' , ltJ for s and on
the Merchonts bank of New Jersey It
is said- to be worth 15 to old coin' cola
leotora, ., , v. . . . .
mr
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