THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, 1 SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 6, 1910.
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ON TRIAL
W
r'ilY WAS the assembly held?
Its platform says "to Inves
tigate the fitness of : candi
dates and make recommen
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dations."
Are the people notcapable of de
termining the ' "fitness of candi
dates"? The 'assembly thought not.
It holds, that the people need, to be
guided; ; It holds that the people do
not' know what candidates are fit.
So, the assembly gathered; adopted
Its platform declaring its .'right .'"to
advise" the people, made Its nom
inations jandrset; ont to " teach the
people what to do. - ,
And who Were these self appointed
guardians of the people? .'The Ore
gonlan, September 26, said "secret
" meetingswere held In local, corpof-
ation offices ' 'for . preparation of a
elate." At those meetings there were
corporation brigadiers. They - were j
helping to '"guide ' the people. Ma-'
chine politicians ;were there. ,. They
were helping to "guide" the. people.!
Dark horse candidates for United
States senator whp want to slip in
by the legislative" route without the'
people'B, knowledge or consent, were
1 there.. They were helping to "guide"
the people. They examined "the fit
ness of . candidates'! and all went into
the assembly . and v there "advised"
the people, whom to vote for.
i And; they did more. They gave
trjoney. to the assemblyizcd state
committee to be used in "guiding
the people." The committee used
the money , in teaching the people
that the assembly ticket was the
oftly,regular,Republlcan ticket, and
that the direct , primary Republicans
- were intruders and interlopers;" The
game worked. They got a lot t
.' ttelricandldAtB? on the ticket.
"Thtat Is" the' history of the assera
"7T)Ty to date. it has had good1 suc
cess. Though, holding ,that,,the, peo
ple" are unfit to manage public af
fairs "without guidance: assembly
managers face next Tuesday's 'elec
tion with a bold- front Its candi
dates are jn the main positions. Its
work of guiding the people is in full
swing. " , ; '
1 The' only Question is whether the
people are going to bend T the knee
and allow themselves to be guided.
Are they, going to rule.themsejyes,
or be ruled? "Are they going to 'ad
mit the assemblyite theory, of their
- own incapacity to conduct their own
public affairs by voting' for the as
semblyite candidates? . '' '.' ) ",
iMost 'all Oregon -men feet; that
they know as. much, as the;:average
man, - They know -enough to earn a
Hying. Theyknow enough to main-
- tain - their f amillesv They- know
enough, to pay. taxes.' : They know
enough. " to- iTrsnV'th : ;cpmnim
Bchools and "the educational system.
They know enough;, to have together
made Oregon a state of splendid in
stitutions., , They know enough to
conduct banks, manage farms, run
factories,, build up mercantile estab
lishments and rear here a magnifi
cent .commonwealth.-. ' .,:,;F ;" .
It Is they who have made Oregon.
Is it true that, though they know
enough to do all this, they do not
know enough to manage their public
affairs? - Is it - true, that In such:
things they have to be guided? Is
it true that they will fall if they
Are not guided?
' The" assembly says yes. 'Mr Bow
erman sayB yes. The assemblyite
. candidates say yes. The corporation
brigadiers who prepared "the slate"
. say yes. The nark horse candidates
for senator say yes. All the aglta-jeach
;"tron and an the arguments- for the
assembly say yes. The assembly plaU
form says yes. , ,
, it will all be settled Tuesday. A
vote for an assembly candidate will
be a vote for the assembly. A vote
tor me assemniy win be a vote de-
clnring the unfitness of the people j
; to govern themselves. A It will be a!
, vote confessing that the people can-'i
tipt manage public affairs without
guidance. It will be a vote to take
away the rights of the Individual to
be exercised by dark horse senatorial
candidates, corporation brigadiers
nud others who roept In "secret
metings in corporation offices.
will be a vote saying the people can -
not , rule, ; but must be ruled, that
they cannotboss butmusj be bossed.
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t Wheat that, could have been sold
last fall for f 1.10 a bushel was sold
this week in Walla Walla for , 64
tcntn a bushel. , One man sold 20,-
00 bushels; loss, besides storage,
i-iOB..-iunareas 01 mousands of
ouKneis suffered-a like decline, it
Is a pretty good, rule to sell when a
tan be madOi '
and now: they say West - had lit
frdt!!re fo'ded by convicts. But they
Ipven't yet accused hlmof stealing
Why not da KJ Why notr-
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who kllled.cock robin? The villain!
raorOSEP TAXATION LAWS "V
THREE ' amendments . affecting
taxation ; will be submitted to
I the voters next Tuesday. Two:
of these were proposed by the
legislature at the . instance of the.
state grange, and - their adoption
would be in line with progressive
legislation in ' other states, v The
third is objectionable because it
would permit experimentation by
counties independent ; of state con
trol and , would lead to greater in
equalities " than now . exist. . The
Journal has already pointed out why
this should be voted down. -
The amendments proposed by the
grange are Nos. 308 and 312 on the
ballot: They should stand or fall
together; The object of the first
amendment is. to remove the : consti
tutional requirement that taxation
shall be equaKand uniform- ' It Is
well known . that despite this con
stitutional dictum taxation , is in
fact far from equal; and uniform,
and the purpose of this amendment
is to permit the classification of
property tor taxation 'purposes,- di
vorcing, state and county taxation so
far as possible. --v;,..',,r ' '
The second amendment is one
specifically, authorizing the levy of
taxes for state purposes and for
county or municipal purposes upon
different classes ipt property.,,; It
directs 'uniform taxation upon prop
erty thus specifically taxed. ..
The system which the amendments
have in view is practically the Wis
consin system, and has the indorse
ment of taxation experts all over
the country, Its objeot is to lift the
burden of state taxes from the coun
ties as fast as possible and shift it
to franchise and corporation taxes
of various kinds, fit Is well known
that under the present unscientific
system franchises and corporation
privileges, bear a light proportion of
taxation, and the taxes levied are not
equally distributed. , . : , '..".. r-
. It might not be possible at first
to raise all ptate taxes in this man
ner, but this is the, ultimate object
In view. "These amendmentswould
not be self-operating, and if they
are adopted it . will be up to the
legislature or the people through the
Initiative to pass a ' law putting it
Into effect Vote 308 Tes and 312
Yes, also 32T No. K 4 ..
r The measure last referred to
would allow the counties of the
state to experiment in taxation, and
there might be as many different
methods as there are ; counties.
There would inevitably be confusion
and vast Inequalities: It woura proi
duce a tax. dodger's delight, for by
shifting his; movable property about
from one county to another he would
make it, exempt. In attempting to
forbid the legislature to make a law'
declaring ' what property shall . be
taxed or exempted, or how taxation
shall he exercisedrtho-proposed'law
is believed by many lawyers to ; be
unconstitutional. Vote 327 No.'
COUNTY DIVISION
HIS year the voters of the
state are .called '.upon to
wrestle with seven proposed;
laws dividing different coun
ties of the state, and two others deal-
tag w!tbaiinexatIon of territory
Subtracting., these - nine measures
jfrom the list, the number of Initia
tive measures . would , be reduced
to 16. ' - " - " '
Voters of the state At large have
great difficulty In Informing them
selves as to the merits of these prcn
posals for slicing up ' the various
counties."' They are difficult ques
tions at best, and they ought not
be thrown In handf uls at the peo
ple of the state. But so long as the
law is unchanged these questions will
arise at each election. Some , of
them possess merit, while others may
be promoted in the interest "of cer
tain towns or selfish Interests.
If the people of the state give a
majority for 352 on the ballot next
Tuesday they will get rid of these
county division measures on the
general ballot This law will, put
the question, up to the voters within
the boundaries of the proposed new
county, requiring a 50 per cent vote
to carry. It establishes a state com-
mission to pass on the merits of
proposed .; division . and the
j question cannot be submitted in any
case unless first approved by this
commission. " ' ;
This proposed law j may possess
ROme Imperfections, but it is a step
in the right direction. If it does not j
work with entire satisfaction In
practice it can be amended; ' Vote
352 Yes.
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UNDESIRABLE MEASURES
S'
EVERAL -proposed laws and
amendments to the Constitution
to be voted on next Tuesday are
so pronouncedly pernicious or
n! useless that The Journal has no hes-
1 itancy In advising Its readers, to vote
! them down."
One of the proposals in this class
(Is the bill for a constitutional con-
' ventlon. This Is a plan favored by
; the reactionaries and old line poli-
1 ticians. The hope of its promoters
j 1b that it will cripple the initiative
: and refeVendum, the direct primary,
i "Statement No. 1 and the recall. It
would involve useless expense and
two or three special elections'. Some
miena mat a couven-
tion, after doctoring the constitution
icfsuit Itself, might "proclaim", it
as the fundamental law of thestate
and refuse to place It before the peo
ple lor ratification. Vote 305 No.
Aa amendment which threatens
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ujiuoo j w auvn cam wuuij tu its-
tilate .taxation and exemptions within
Its i limits. This would permit all
kinds of schemes to be tried out in
different counties, causing rank in
equalitiesPersonal property would
play hide and seek with the tax laws
to even greater extent than it does
now. The state's tax system would
be exposed to the whim of each coun
ty, 'with no regulation by the state.
Vote 827. No. .-J:
Toward the end of the ballot will
be found three hodge-podge,' catch
all, measures which voters will, do
well to veto. The main feature of
the first of these extends the direct
primary to presidential electors and
delegates Ao ; national conventions,
also provides for paying expenses
of .delegates and for popular expres
sion of choice for president-' This
would" add a considerable burden of
expense, would tax all the people for
the benefit of the two leading parties
and. would change the date . of pr?"-
maries in presidential years, involv
ing an all summer campaign, v Vote
86.7'; No," -M; r.tu:::-& '
, The next of these measures estab-
Ilshes "peoples' inspectors of , gov
ernment" and a.Btate gazette, which
may cost as much as $1 .for each
voter in the state each year. No
good, purpose will be served' by cre
ating these new Jobs. The official
gaiette might easily ."; degenerate
into an organ of spite and partisan
propaganda. It would ' be an im
proper use of the taxpayers' money.
Vote 359 No. . '':? '.. ;
The, third, measure referred to
carries in its voluminous i text ; the
system' of proportional" election' of
members of the legislature by "the
state at largo,; increases 'the pay of
legislators,, and extends the terms of
members ofboth houses to six years.
It provides that the whole legislature
may be recalled. at once. A mere
summary of the. changes made if
this bill would require a column of
space.; Some of these features pos
sess merit, but those above pointed
out are unwise. They would add un
told confusion to the political sys-
tern.: This measure should be eu51 arid depclatlvo of.the value
Into half a dozen to enable the votef
to pass upon it in a discriminating
way.' Vote 361 No. ' '-;rJi
THE NOTTINGHAM THICK
C
W. NOTTINGHAM has knon
all this time that he opposed
the .Bennett bill for. requiring
railroads' to make lBmlles
an hour while carrying livestock. C.
W. Nottingham has known all . this
time that Jar Bcwerman " voted
against and opposed that bill. C.
W. Nottingham has known all this
time that Frank S. Miller, candidate
oh the Bowerman ticket for railroad
t commissioner, voted against and
opposed that bill. 1 .
j ? Knowing all this. C. W. Notting
ham has all 'this time seen Bower
man attacking; West about this bill.
Knowing all this, C. WI Nottingham
has aided Bowerman In circulating
literature attacking West about this
bill. Knowing all thlsv time that
Bowerman and .West were alike. in
their opposition to this bill, C; W.
Nottingham; by suppressing the facts
as to Bowerman, has Insulted the
honest Republicans and all the citi
zens of Oregon.
- Oregon : Republicanism wants no
such a disreputable trick perpetrated
in its name. Mr, Nottingham in this
inssh-imiHation-tohe-deigey- make aU the
cent clement of his party
- The Republicans are willing - for
Mr. Nottingham, and Mr, Bowerman
to fight West, but they want them
to fight falr;; They want no suppres
sions of the truth; and no assaults on
West for things that Bowerman hlm
tolf has - done. Beth opposed the
Bennett bill. , Neither is blamable
for that But when Nottingham sup
presses Bowerman's connection with
It and assails - West for the same
thing that Bowerman did, he ougttt
16 be ashamed. .. A great majority of
his party is ashamed of him.
A DUTY OP VOTERS
N
O MORE important dnty de-
volves on voters at the coming
election than the selection of
Judges. The character and
fitness of the men who; are to fill
the position of .circuit Judge for the
next six years is of mpre direct con
sequence to the people of this county
than the supreme court Judgeships.
Themne enters more or less into our
everyday. life, and, action, while the
other Is far removed, passing only
on appeals. Under our law the cir
cuit Judge has great powers. These
powers should' not be placed in un
worthy or unqualified hands. The
position Is one of dignity, and in
fluence. The selection of these
Judges lies with the , people. The
Journal believes they are able to
discriminate between one who ' Is
fitted for this position and one who
la not
Not every honest iaan Is qualified
to be Judge. An able advocate may
utterly fall to meet the requirements
of this -office. Certainly no dis
honest man or one under suspicion
should eyer be allowed to stain, the
ermine or hold - in ' his ; hands the
"scales of Justice.
In the selection of men to fill, this
high . office, neither passion nor
prejudice, resentment nor revenge.
' should enter into the question. - Is
j the man fit? Is he honest? Is! he
tempermentally qualified? these
(are the questions that must be an-
1 swered. . When - Judges are elected
or appointed for any other., reason,
or any otuer stauaara, a grave
wrong ia..done the state
i Liberty is, subject to no greater
menace than When the Judlcfary is
made, or attempted to be made, sub
servient-to any interest,, any man or
any set of men. When this; is
brought about, when the law Is not
enforced, there wlir be no liberty,
and .worse than anarchy will pre
vail The Journal is but doing its
duty In calling the attention of the
voters to the solemn duty resting
upon them, and would remind them
of what Daniel Webster said eighty
years ago: ,;-., -':'s:',.
' "There ' Js" no happiness, there is
no liberty, there is no enjoyment of
life; unless a man can say, when he
arises ; in the morning, I shall be
subject to the decision of no unwise
Judge today.": : , : :;.,." .;
VALUE IN SCENIC BEAUTY
UDGE LEWIS of the federal
court for Colorado haB rendered
ar decision which perhaps for
' the first time, places a commer
cial value on . scenic beauty. He
granted an injunction preventing the
destruction of a beautiful waterfall
in order to create a power plant The
power company .had begun condem
nation proceedings and claimed that
the falls were serving no useful, pur
pose, and were-therefore of no pres
ent value, and that the public; would
benefit - from the diversion or , me
stream . for the . intended purpose. (
y Citizens sought ' an injunction,
which Judge Lewis granted, holding
tiat .as -natural., scenery,-which at
tracted a-large number of visitors,
the ' f alls, were a Dubllo benefit and
should not be ' disturbed. : ;; : 1 ;"
This decision will come as a shock
to" those who have no regard for
anything , but business and money
making, and indeed Jt-WllUeemto
the average American at this time
that "water -would- be In hetter .busl
ness turning wheels and running fac
tories than merely falling down : to
be looked at;, but many will approve
and applaud Judge Lewis' view of
the case. : Truly, a beautiful water
fall pr " other ' natural exhibition: of
scenitj' beauty is a thing of value to
te"Meholders.
iExtUl8 to he hoped, some court
will hold that '. such places must be
kept free from poster and ..other
printed or written advertisements,
as something , that is offensive , to
to; them of the sscenio beauty that
thy go to gaze upon; ; , .
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AS VIEWEJ) AT CONDON
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EWlIthogfaphs of Mr. 9ower-
man iare - conspicuous everfr
where On them is this ln-
Jsbriptlon: -;'J'Republica, direct
primary - and Statement One candi
date."4.',.'
VThin' of lt And .then think of
his, vote on the Mariner bill to kill
the direct primary. Think of his
senate speech, "I would rather vote
tor a ' convention candidate .than for
a direct primary, candidate'" .Think
of the fact that he never took States
ment One in his life. Think of bow
he helped to concoct the assembly
to supersede the direct primary,
And then read the following recent
news dispatch from Condon, bis
home town:
"Condon, Oct. 10. Many people
here are amused at Jay Bowerman's
sudden profession of : friendship i for
the direct primary and at his state
ments' of how he will uphold that
measure if elected governo. ? For
years he has been known in his home
town as a hater of the" direct pri
mary, Statement One and4he Initia
tlve and referendum. He has poked
fun at all of them. He has jeered
at them 'as popullstlc, and has at all
sentiment - he could against them
His sudden assurances of what he
would do If elected governor are re
garded as a huge Joke by many here
who have heard his attacks on the
direct : primary, Statement One and
the initiative and referendum."
"ABE" ; -'"
U'
NDER which ' name would we
know our. "Abe" if he Bhould
be elected-to congress? Would
it be Arthur W. Lafferty, as
it was when he registered aftf 'com
ing to Portland three years ago?- Pr
would U be Amidon W. Lafferty, as
he was styled In his biography "In
Bench and Bar shortly afterwardTl
Or would 'it be ,W. A. Lafferty, as
he was later known In Missouri? Or
would It be Abraham W. Lafferty,
as he Is now known?
When he should arise to address
the house, would the speaker? say
in recognition, "the r Honorable
Arthur W. Lafferty of Oregon," or
"the Honorable Amldonv., Lafferty
of Oregon, or "the Honorable W
A. Lafferty of Oregon," or "the Hon
orable Abraham W. Lafferty of Ore
gon?" . -.
Or would our "Abe" of the many
names, by the time he Bhould get
to the national capital; have an en
tlrely new sobriquet and be recog
nized as "the Honorable Arabella
Arethusa ; Augustus Lafferty of . Ore
gon?" -
Come fo think of It; what Is our
"Abe'B" name anyway? ,
VOTE FOR GOOD ROADS
P'
ROBABLY there is no measure
on the . ballot this year more
vital td the state's welfare as a
whole than the ! good " roads
amendment ' - In- the hurry of vot
lng and in marking the cross against
measures ' of ; doubtful benefit, .the
voter should not neglect No. 354, and
giw a vpte,in the direction of good
highways. .; r-
. Distance Is not a matter of miles
but of time. Mfeasured in miles, the
gap between two given points in Ore
1 gp.
but when measured iny the time re
quired to travel the toads at certain
seasons of the year the distance is
often as faias it would be to San
Francisco. - " '
- Good roads are the concomitants
of prosperity. A country where the
roads are full of ruts will be down
in the ruts In other ways. The' in
itial cost of good roads is sometimes
heavy, but loss because of bad roads
is much greater.;. Increased farm
values, more rural routes and great
er conveniences of life go with good
roads. 4t,:.;" .v'vV :; V.'y. rr. J
The adoption' .of the pending
amendment means a start. It will
remove the constitutional restric
tion of $5000 on county) indebted
ness, and permit counties to Issue
bonds to such amount as the people
may vote to build good roads. In
creased debt is not authorized 'for
any; other purpose and it can then
only be Incurred after the people; of
the .various counties have voted for
it. This gives ample, protection
against extravagant bond Issues.
The pending amendment merely
gives the people of any county the
right to say-whether they wlBh to
bond themselves, for the" construc
tion of modern highways. If .the
people of any county want to invest
their money in good roads, why not
allow them to do so? Vote 354 Yes.
GO TO THE POLLS
E
VERY : CITIZEN of Oregon
should go to the polls Tues
day and, Vote. It is a duty he
owes to . himself and to . his
state. .The united . Judgment , of all
the people is better than that of a
part. The safety of self government
lies In the universal participation of
all the units in the franchise To
stay at home on election day and
let-others- determine policies' Js an
Injustice to the state, an Injustice to
self government-and harmful to the
stay at home himself. - . ,
Employers should give their em
ployes full , opportunity to vote. ? In
Portland many ; establishments' are
declaring a half holday. Wherever
possible, "all", should I do . It. x Every
toller, every bread winner, every so
cial atom in every walk should, be
given time and opportunity to cast
his ballot for;, whatever and whom
ever is his choice. ,
It Is to be hoped that the' state
will roll np a heavy vote. . It will
be creditable to the citizenship. . It
will be good for the state. Let every
voter do his duty and take pride In
the "privilege.;;;: '.:Tx:4li4..
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Judge Tazwell probably was not
not too severe In fining a milkman
250 who persisted; after repeated
warnings, In silling milk from
tubercular cows. Let other dairymen
take warning. The people are en
titled to milk from healthy cows. '
A big bllzzardly -snowstorm, a
severe spell of winter, is being pulled
oft all along the Atlantic coast as
far south as Maryland and west to
the.Alleghanieajrhile here in Ore
gon well, it's so different ;
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The Chinese emperor has Issued a
decree for a parliament In 1913.
They move forward slowly in China.
If the Chinese were like some other
peoples they wduld not wait' three
years for a parliament . , , :
It will not be many years before
irrigation will be carried on In the
Willamette valley on 'a large scale,
in the aggregate. , Then its products
will be far greater, perhaps double,
what they are now. ; ,
Every week lately Portland leads
alt cities of its class or above in the
percentagelncrease-ot banktear -
ings and postof flee receipts. Port
land Is' growing faster than ever. .
Again southern Oregon, Jackson
county, an orchard a few miles from
Medford, takes the first prize for ap-
One of the most remarkable rulers
of : modern times j was , Catherine' II of
Russia who has been styled the Great
In spite of all he defects of Charac
ter, Catherine's ambitions were bound
less and her energy tireless, and both
Served chiefly one nim that of dev.el-
openlng all of the resources of Russia
and transforming that empire into the
most powerful and most splendid, state
of Europe.
Sophia Augusta, daughter . of the
Prince of Anhalt .Zerbat assumed the
name of ' Catherine upon her conver
sion to the Greek faith. She married
Peter of Holsteln-Gottorp . when, she was
16 years of age." Peter being a nephew
of the Empress Elizabeth, ascended the
throne at the latter's death. Ha was a
profligate monarch, and', treated Cath
erine shamefully. Whether he. was jus
tified In, so doing: is hard' to answer,
for .Catherine's deportment was any
thing but exemplary. - At any rate, their
differences became so strained that Pe
ter threatened to divorce Catherine, but
she was too clever for him, and as the
clergy and the army had been alienated
from him., they were -easily persuaded
to support the revolution which Cath
erine and her favorites planned u for
his overthrow...
The scheme was carried out on the
morning of the 9th of July, 17S2, when
Catherine, supported by the army, pro
claimed herself, sole monarch, , and Peter
was , arrested and in a week following
was dead. -According to accounts com
monly credited, he was poisoned, ' and
then strangled, because the poison: did
Its deadly work too slowly. There Is lit
tle ; doubt that Catharine commanded
this deed of blood. t- ';?.
I hus was Inaugurated the reign of
Catherine Ii; a woman whose capacities
were early felt to be great, but were
great for evil .as well as good. She
was Without scruple in the gratification
of her passions; and Without, delicacy
in -neir conceaimaet , yet 7 she 1 was
great'undoubtedly as a sovereign; With
a clear, and cultivated Intellect, with
high alms and - breadth of views', and
fearless because despising the opinions
of others, she could plan and she could
achieve her country's greatness; and "in
the extended dominions and improved
civilization which she bequeathed to hr
successor, is found a true claim to; the
grauiuae ox ner uojocis. . ti-es
press or tne norm naa aazaiea , Europe
by the vsstness of her power and her
designs. ; , She gave close - personal at
tention to the work of government, and
by liberal expenditure and the patron
age of letters and art made her court
one of the most brilliant lnEurope. It
H
has been said that stte round St Peters.
pies this- time at a big apple show
In Vancouver, B. C. Last year at
Spokane It was Spitzenhergs; on this
occasion it was Yellow Newtowns,
Other districts may boast, but the
Rogue River valley captures the
prizes. , - : -. '' 7
The ' Oregonlan has discovered
"one tirrn. at least," that Is opposed
to public docks. If it searches dil
igently it will find anothefur may
be two or three more.
A Tribute to Julia Ward Howe. ,.
Gon In ' the fulness of years and of
wisaom, -
Gone to tha heavenlv rest.
Away from theHurge of life's madnoss,
Ripe for the Master' behest;
She has - passed through the gate we
must enter, .
tier loiirnev. thouarh lonir. Is now o'er.
Her bountiful harvests are garnered s .
Lay hr down gently, for gentle was
; . . she, ' ; -;
Lay Jier there wher "he wild Miles
- s 1 sprins - . ,
For the lily's pals chalice, as pur as
,.tn snow, '. . .,
To her was a sensitive thins::
Meet emblem, "too, of her beautiful life,
The illy." so chaste and so fair. . 1 v
A type of the purity, modesty; lov, , -
wnicb aistinguisnea ner everywner.
: : ' ., :-: : '.,- .; I
She wrote of the lilies that bloom o'er
the sea, . . ' '
,'Mong whose beantles tha Christ came
... --, to earth.'. . : - v . .-
And she told of the glory transfiguring
men, ,
That surrounded His maneer at birth:
Now her . Christ and . her King, He has
- ,cauea ner,
"No trumpet shall . sound her retreat,"
rMay her soul "he swift to answer Him,
And Jubilant be her feet
Jogeph Devlin, in The Christian
Herald.,-. ' t ,
Dr. Wilson's Apology Accepted, s
. ' From the East Oregonian. .
In another column lodaj the- East
Oregonlan publishes a letter from Pr,
Clarence True Wilson of Portland. Ia
the same Dr. Wilson says that ' the
East Oregonlan article which be criti
cised ' some weeks ago ' was an : adver
tisement and Was (narked "paid adver
nfent," - This paper In very glad Dr.
Wilson has'! made this explanation.
Tfils. paper has no apology to make
for running paid advertisements for
the home rule people or for the prohibi
tionists. Like all other-Journals the vst
Oregonlan has advertising space to
sell. It is also needless to say that this
paper is not responsible for the aoou-
racy of statements published as adver
tisements and labelled - as such.,
The story that was sent tha Port
land Oregonlan from La Grande Quoted
Dr. Wilson 1 as saying . this paper had
published a leading editoriat that could
be accounted ' for Only by the- usa of
money. 'When the .news of niat .charge
reaebtid the East Oregonian this paper
promptly declared t'1 1' Dr. Wilson
had been correctly quoted be was one
of the biggest liars 6utside a Ja. We
meant it As the statement had a quali
fying clause it needs no withdrawal.
- lnce Dr.- Wilson now avers he was
misquoted, and since he Insists his
charge did not reflect upon tha1 honor
of the East Oregonian this paper ac
cepts . his explanation and his seeming
offense is pardoned.
Only a Fighting .Chance. v
From tha New York Evening Post
"I think we have a fighting chance,'
said Senator Hoot at Beverly yesterday,
wheft asked what he thought ef the Re
publican out loo lc in New York. This
from a leader ot the party which ear
ned New Tork two year ago by a pin
rallty of 202,000 is a rather mild form
of enthusiasm. But it la only one mora
sign of tha confusion and uncertainty
which marK this extraordinary cam
paign.. The moat sagacious politicians
confess ' themselves at fault in " their
reckoning. A year which has seen tha
Maine election, may see anything. After
a Democratic successor td "Senator Hals,
any political revolution beoomea possi
ble. And It Is doubtless this sense of
trepidation, as of men ; expecting an
earthquake, which leads publlo men Ilka
Senator Root to feel that they arc ab
solved from the ordinary duty of mak
ing glowing prophecies of victory. But
it certainly is not calculated to hearten
Republicans to be told that they have a
iignung cnance. xney may wen com
4plalnthat - aneTeTookini"T6r
a bugle . blast ol confidence they got
only a diminuendo on a penny whistle.
' " -
There Is to be a new edition of the
Encyclopedia BritUnloa, ' 28 volumes,
2,uuu pages, eu.uuu article by 1500 con
tributors. Most people haven't read tha
01a one through yet
burg a village of hovels and left It a
city ,01 bricK and marble. ;.r-J
In the management of men. Cath
enne was simply marvelous She em
ployed - all the resources ' of ... a , trained
diplomatist, or a- subtle b vcholoc-isL
and of a woman who knows the art of
fascination; and employed them together
or a part - As, her biographer says: "If
it Is true that she sometimes takes her
lovers for generals and statesmen, it la
tuo less true that she treats on "occa
sions ner generals and- statesmen; as
lovers. If it avails . nothlner to mix.
mand, to threaten, or to punish, she be
comes coaxing and wheedling. Towards
me soiaiers mat she, sends to death,
bidding them only win for her vintnrv
she has delicate attentions, flattering
forethought adorable little ways. Should
fortune smile upon the efforts she has
thus provoked and stimulated,, she Is
yruiuBeiy . graieiuij honors,'; pensions,
gifts pt.money.: of. Drenti , .,,,,
rain upon the artisans of her glory.. But
she does not abandon those wne have
nao. ma misrortone to be uniuoky.
Catherine' art of rulinr ; was a
however, without Its shortcomings, some
of which were due to, the mere fact of
sex, whose dependencies and weaknesses
snevwas powerless to overcome. "Ah!"
she orled one day, "if heayen had only
siauiou jiia ; uraecnes instead nf nattl.
coats, i couia aa anything, it "la with
eyes ana arms mat one rules; and
woman has. only ears."-
The petticoats were not soleiv nmm
slbla for her difficulties. We have als
ready referred to a defect which bore
heavily upon ; the conduct
during her reign; this great leader 6f
men, who knew ' so well how to make
use of them, did not know how to chooso
mem. Toward tne end of her relm
the extravagance and the corruption of
ner, court Drougm. ner into discredit in
Russia, m won as among' the -: aover
.Il"ns ' of ' Europe. The cause of her
death was an attack of apoplexy, after
sne naa reignea it years.
, On November t the first American
missionary church was - organized
China in J.847. and the Blackflar's Bridge
was opened n London in 1869. Today
is tne mrtnaay qi juuan, Roman em
peror (331); Commodore Richard Dale,
who served with Paul Jones in the bat
land (1671); Cornelius N. Folton. Greek.
scholar and educator. (1807); Ellen Ol
ney Kirk, authoress (1842)! and John
Philip Soiisa, bandmaster and composer
;(1854)i - It is tne ut of the death of
Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden
(16S2) .and Princess Charlotte of Eng-
land (1817). : I
News Forecast of
trie Week
Washington. Nov; 5. During the next
few days the results ot the state and
congressional elections will form the
staple of news and discussion through- -out
the "United States. There is scarce-,
ly a nook or corner of the country but
has Its own 1 contest of Importance,
while of general interest Wlllbe tha re
sults of the election for the sixty-second
congress and the gubernatorial con
tests in New Tork, Ohio and ' several
other states where the choice of the.
next governor is likely to have an Im
portant bearing; upon national politics -
or the ,next presidential election. -
The ' campaign in New Ydrk atate.
Which la ttractlng most attention, will
be continued almost to the opening of ,
the polls Tuesday, morning. In New
Tork city the night before election will '
see an almost, unprecedented number of
politcal mass meeting, at Which Colo
nel Roosevelt and other noted leaders '
will speak..- ;-1 ..'? t " ' .'
President Taft will leave Washington ,
Monday night to cast his ballot In Cin
cinnati the : following day.; Arriving
back In: Washington Wednesday morn-
ing, tne president will spend but a few
hoiira In the city, leaving' again In the
afternoon for Charleston, S. C;; and
sailinf from that city at noon Thurs- -day
for Panama. .,- ; ; -. . .
The dedication of the John Hay Me- :
mortal library at Brown university Fri
day will be' the mot elaborate event of
the kind ever conducted at. an Ameri
can institution of learning. Emeritus '
president James B. Angell of the Unl- '
versity of Michigan and Senator Root ;
will be the chief speakers. ' ' "
Saturday is the ; day fixed for the .
unveiling of a monument at the grave s
of General James Shields at Carroll- '
ton. Mo. General. Shields, a native of ,
Ireland, distinguished . himself In the .
Mexican and civil wars, represented II- .
Ilnois and Minnesota In the United "
States senate and also held publlo of-'
flees In California and Missouri.
The members of the national mone-
tary commission, of which Senator Aid-' '
rich Is chairman, will attend a national
conference-to atudy tha currency prob
lem, which will meet at Columbia unl- "
versity Friday and Saturday under the .
auspices of the American Academy of
Political Sclenoe. ; V . : " J -
Other events and meetings of the
week of public interest will be the open
ing of the new bridge' across tha Mis
sissippi river at St Louis, the national :
convention of the United Daughters of
the Confederacy, at Little Book, ' the ,
beginning of tha winter racing season
In California, the opening of the nation
al horse- show in Madison Square gar
den. New York; the grand prize auto-
mobile race at Savannah, the Installa
tion of William Preston Pew as presi
dent of Trinity college, South Carolina.'
and the opening of an exhibition In Pat-
erson, N. J., In celebration ef the silk '
Industry in America.
In the foreign field will be the cele
bration of Lord Mayor's day in London,
the final ending of the celebrated din-
pen murder case, the celebration of the
41st birthday of the klng'of Italy, the
south Afrlcan'tour of the Duke of Con
naught the celebration of the centen
ary of Frits Renter, tha famous Ger
man writer, and tha crowning- of tha
new king .of Slam at Bankok, , -1 .
- The Case of Beverldge -
Mark Sullivan in Collier"iWeekry 1
" Tha " attuatlon "before the ceovle of
Indiana is very simple. Shall they aend
to the United States senate an Insurgent
Republican, Beveridge, or a, Democrat,
Kern? ; - ;. - .
NOW. ; this statement eanJKa maa -
without qualification by anybody fa
miliar with ' the present congress ; No
Democrat In the senate was one fifth ' -
as -effective jB heckling AldrlCh. In
fighting for genuine revision downward,
aa wa Beveridge. . , . - -
The real, fighting for revision down
ward wai .done by five men Beveridge,
La Foliette, Brlstow, Dolllvar and Cum-,
mlns. No Democrat pretended to do
tha work or lead the fighting as these
did. And of these five, Beveridge was
singled' out for especially brutal gruel
ing by AJdrlch. The Rhode Island sen
ator seemed to take Beverldge'a defec
tion to the Insurgents as a personal
matter. In the coming elections, fro
single rsult would cause soTnuch pleaii-"
ure to Air. Aioricn as tne viotory 01 the
Democrat John W. Kern, over "the In
surgent Republican," Albert Beveridge:
Beveridge is charged, by certain Indi
ana folks who write to this paper; with
faults of taste and discretion; every
one of these charges might be admitted
10 times over, and yet ought not to .
weigh one lota against the single funda
mental fact that Beveridge Is a fighting :
machine of splendid effectiveness for
kevlsion downward, and for all the other
progressive Ideas that go by the name
of Insurgency.
A Fighter, 'Not Trimmer, WantM. .
From the Medford Mall-Tribune.
It has been aptly stated that residents
of the First congressional district are
"wearied of being represented In con
gress by aniale school marm." f . .
They are tired of pedantio lnstruetion
and egotistical sounding brass, of trim
ming; bt polttTeaT bewilderment and in-'
sincerity. ' . '-: "' ; -..-;.- ,
The First district should bo repre
sented by a wan of brains, of . courage,
by a fighter for the rights of humanity,.
a man whose legislative recora snows ,
him a' militant t lgure, for the people.
Congressman Hawley has ever been,'.
according to ' Senator La Foliette, "a
falthfuL-aecvant of; the system." - He
Bhould be replaced by a faithful servant
of thepeoplen - '
Such man is Rooert o. emrtn. a na
tive son of Jackson county, a self-made -man,
one of the ablest lawyers and th '
best orator in the district, a born fight
er, a" man of cotlrkge, pertinacity; and
brains. ";""'.'s ,;';;"'; '"
It Is seldom, that southern Oregon has
.a chance , to seou re representation in
eongresa. : Tne cnance is now oirerec ,
It should be eagerly graspe,af (., . j
I Ever-Growing Social-Democracy.
'V From the World's Work.
! State the facts about the growth of
Socialism In Germany as you will, they
look revolutionary. Within the last 19
months, the Social-Democrats have won'
eight seats In tne relchstagK on . ocea-.
slonal elections to 111 vacancies. --. A;
year ago they had ihv the leglslaturei
ot the various states of the German em-'
plre a total of 140 members; today they
have 188. There has. not been an elec
tlon during the year in , which' the in
crease ot : their, vote" has .not been the
phenomenon.' ' ' .,
. This Increase lsfflund to bring about
a change in the plana and -attitude of
the Soclallst-Oemocratia party. . Here I
tofore it has been strictly a party of f
protest; it has refused to vote for any .
government : measure, no matter how . it
beneficent; It has refused to allow its l
member to hold administrative office; li
it ha refused to form working alii-' "
ances with' other parliamentary croups, - I
leuuer, nas aiways opposed alliances;,
he. continues bitterly, to do so, but the ; ' j
tendency of the times. Is away from hi
policy of . academic opposition. , Hia,
party Is growlngf so fast that It sees
a considerable part o Its desires easily
within Its gruspUhrtuld it accept tha
aid of (Another prty -partially sympa-
theuc.iMtn t.
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