THE OREGON DAILY .TOURWAi; . PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY UVUIIING, OCTOI::: 2, 1
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mission without a day of contract la- should make his election as gover-1 Oregon sheep shown at the Interna
bor. and at a saving of oyer $50,000 nor sure.. They were , spdils poll-' tlonal Livestock Exposition at Chlca-
over the lowest bid submitted by con-It (clans to whom he refused allegiance ! go last year, where F. A.' Kosor of
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un tne appiicauon or tne city, tsec-i iney were tne .newspapers ,.wnose unamoenain, aeveiopmeni commit
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iciai riauer ubb set aaiue jrum vu- Buaiuciess uruers us reiuseu io wuc. i iuuci vi luo uicni .iui.uciu, uu vu
try 640 acres of coal land la the They were the underworld exploiters exhibition Oregon 'sheep that went
heart of the Book Cliff coal , field, whose filthy bribes he spurned.' They
eight miles from Grand Junction, were "the: Bla Business . combines
Within the present year Grand June I whose destructive ierafts he exposed."
fldn expects to own and operate the The leadership of one great states
man, for cleansed, government ,1s ,of
Incomparable value. It ; stimulates
the forces of good government, and
brings them to the fighting line ev
erywhere., ". ;.7 , 77 .77 -' 7
iroov rh ris-rif hwotrmf uTin-nhTT"' Revelations before the- concres-
a gathering of great tnen and wo- , YnrV' h Hnmnrmrtt nnmi. I slonal committee for Investigating
men as ,is td be the eWorld's! .inn Ai mm. h rkAmniaa Icamnalrn rnntrihutlnna iihow how
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u VriTT V,UienBU,P OTovwiuwii io iuinols are aU omens of the struggle our presidential campaigns have been
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A WOnLP EVEXT
T ls.not bellevod that Christendom
haa.seen In all time so important New jergey,.tbe fight agalastMurphy
against-the best long wooled shep
from England, Canada and . the
United States and took many of the
best prizes,
; The .Wisconsin breeder came to
Oregon, mad purchases and with Jils
Oregon specimens Is winning many
lrles. - Oregon produces the goods,
but Wisconsin gets the glory. '
be held, In Portland next summer.
More than 100 of 'the most dls
' He -who calls (n th aid of n
1 equat tindorntandlnB. double Ills
own; and lie wlio profit by a
superior understa-ndlng ralfs bis
Tiowers to a level with the
j- height of the superior undcr
' vtandlng he unites with. Burke.
rOKTLANl) IX)SSES
iHERE is threat that the Port
land steamers of the American
-Hawaiian line are to be with
drawn.
r It la simultaneously announced
that, within a vfew days, 3000 tons
of wheat in North Bank warehouses
r and nalurally destined for Portland
ias been transferred to the Northern
Tacific for shipment to Seattle, for
, trans-shipment to the orient. It is
' said that 60,000 tons or more of in
land empire wheat naturally routable
via Portland is likely to go to Puget
- ouBdbecAU8e Portland ia without
adequate ocean service:
Portland has had many impressive
leBSbnS of late.- We saw the oriental
... steamahln'jine withdrawn. We saw
our former. supremacy in the oriental
business lost to Puget sound. We
Baw a great business that we are ab
solutely In position to .control, go by
i reaps ana uounaa iu uvriuum
" We now see a farther large volume
of business driftinsr away,-' and along
, with It, we behold a prospect of the
withdrawal of 'another steamship
line. The. obvious query is. in what
other, wiys is the maratlme business
Of Portland to disappear?
The Journal "wearies or continual
ly, appealing to the pride and com
mon sense of Portland 4a behalf of
' our disappearing Commerce. But If
Tne Journal doesn't keep the sub
ject before Portland, who will?
.Ill somebody or some public agency;
QOesn l Struggle lU WH uoibuob ui uui
commercial interests, what with the
present order as a guide,' will be the
end? How long,, with the vanish
ing process on, can we maintain a do
nothing ; policy and not encounter
commercialdIsaster?(
- - Geography did much for this town.
But'geography cannot do all.
for good government all jtlong' tho
llpe.
ii a a .
tinrutanea men in me wona nave a.- N pr4(8identiar'candldate In a gen-
rvwj 5rrea to journey to rortianu efaUon has brought SO much Of-hope,
and appear on the program. .-, LQ much of prom,8e and B0 much of
wooarow wuson, wneincr or not cheer doe the Cftndidacy of Wood
ne snait oe men ine pre3iaenc or iuo row Wilson
republic will be one of the speakers.
Other men of conspicuous achieve
ment will attend. They are the men
who make the civilized world what;
It Is. They are the leaders of
thought under every sun. They are
the .moulders of opinion on every
continent' and In every great com
munity.
A SOLDIER'S REPLY
HE Washington, D. C, National
Tribune is sending to old sol
diers throughout the country,
the following letter:
We are anxious to get the expressions
of editorials on pensions from the pa
pers supporting Wilson In your netffh
T
financed. They afford an impressive
lesson l how 'important It Is for
plain Americans to. finance the cam
patgn of Woodrow Wilson.
At last there is complete confirma
tion of the Harriman contribution of
$260, 000, to the RooBevelt campaign;
fund of 1904 The facts ara sup
plied by the late Mr. Harrlman's con
fidential man, and by others. ' ""
Letters From tkc People
Nq gathering could so fix the eyer norhood. will .you kindly look over the
6f the world on Portland. No event flIe" of yur local papers -and sena u
could so focus attention on the Rose Xt
City. send at your earliest convenience, as
For the eight days of the confer- the time is 8hort.
ence, Portland will be the center of What do gust people tmnK or tne
Christendom. She will be the head- scheme or the National Tribune, any-
quarters of world thought. She will way? The Democratic house recent
be the focal jpoint from which will ly passed a remarkably generous pen
radiate what a great galaxy of the "Ion bill for the benefit of old sol
human stars will have to say of dlers. In the face of it, the National
man's relations to man and man's Tribune la dragnettlng the country
aspirations for the Ideal earthly con- to assemble an tne narsn ana
dition. mean" things "papers supporting
Daily, for eight days, the most Wilson" have said. t .
conspicuous men of the earth, will wny noi, in me interest oi rair
rlre here the best, the newest and ne88-' -l8 collect and publish all the
the subllmest addresses of which "harsh and mean" things newspapers
they are capable. They will be .ut- supporting Taft have aald or.newspa-
terances conceived and prepared for pers supporting Roosevelt have said?
first delivery In Portland and from wy re8ort to manifestly unfair
Portland to a listening world. metcoas to onng aown tne wratn oij
Th telerranh wires and cables Pensioners upon a irienaiy uemo-
wlll auiver with the messages car- cratlc house and the entirely inno-
ried into every considerable city in cent Woodrow Wilson"?
Christendom. The newspapers in An Interesting reply was sent to
every civilized land will be waiting the National Tribune by B-F. Allen,
to print In every tongue in which adjutant of Cushing Post at Astoria.
newspapers circulate, the news of He said , ,
the world In conference at Portland. I ... . I , Bv ,PK,riM hl
... , ,. ., I narsn ana mean comratnn mui ut
No publicity, no exploitation, no frn" suoDortmr Wilson. I must
advertising, no. plan of campaign inform you that the papers supporting
could do SO much on SO small an out- Wilson throughout the state, so far as j 8ued abused or dragooned by Mrastlc
4ay to herald Portland as an Inter- "0" "l" " V,- rivir 'e
CnmmanJcaH(iut Mnt to Tht JonrDiT for
publication Id tbl depurttneot" tboald bt
written on only en tide ut th piper, atioulil
wit Hiwl 3iiO irarda In Untth nJ Btnt be
enmpnlHl by tlx Btui and ddrvu of the
imdrr. If thr writer liovt nut dlr to
tbt diioi pnblltbrd. b. nbuld a nut. ,
Street Railway 8crvice.
Portland, Sept. 30. To tfce Editor of
The Journal Portland seems to he In
the throes of a struggle with the street
railway company. It seems strange that
the company assumes such a defiant at
titude towards the public. It will only
result In more trouble for the company
in the form of drastic legislation to
ympel' them to render proper series at
all times. It Is the history. 0 every
street railway corporation ih the tSnlted
States.
The Public Service Corporation of
New Jersey, a corporation which lit
erally owned the transportation and
lighting plants of the entire state of
New Jersey, defied the governor and en
tire state government and carried things
with a high hand, but now this corpora
tion Is bo tame it will eat out of the
governor's -hand, and Its service and
methods have Improved (00 per cent.
Why? Because the public became en
raged and the state officials were com
pelled to come through.
..The Twin City Traction company,
owning all Jlnes in 8t. Paul and Minne
apolis, and plying between the two cit
ies, have for years anticipated improve,
ment In the streetcar service far ahead
of the public demands, and the company
Is voluntarily making concessions and
Improved service. This corporation,
much to their credit, does not wait to te
COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
8MALL CHANGS
in i i ! 'i
October will also beat all former reo
eras. . . , -,-1 . .'.
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Standard Oil Sibley's letters are also
iv om inea. ....... . .,
- Was It a "crooked trail' t-For answer
reaa.iua jroilett.' ..
. Aa Wilson cheerfully , says, . Taft I
decent and, h6nest." v:3',
..--.i.i.M, ''v,eVi,;;;:Vv;..-v'i;j,v':;v.;-i,'-..
. whole lota of people are not worrying
a bit about election i::f;.:v.'J.
j. .-Th" man who doesn't sueeeed - Isn't
heard of veryk much..
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' Evidently it la Lane. or fiallln for sen.
ator. Take your choice. ; . . , ,
' If anv hobo ean 'vota.' It aearria that
Dr. Anna Shaw-should. . . ..
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Only three months of 191S left How
much good roads have been built?
By savlnr a little everv da v. one ean
have quite a competence In a thousand
years.
May Uncle .Jim Blakelv live 'to see
the candidate he Voted for last elected
president. . .,".'"
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Let's have due charity for the: Bull
Moosers; they're having mighty hard
sledding .these days. '
The P. R. L. A P. comnanv la dolna.
If reports are correct, the worst thing
it could do. in public estimation.
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8om seODle overdo doln rood: they
do some good and get puffed up and
become impracticable and nonsensical.
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Woodrow Wilson and. William H. Taft
agree In .one thing that Theodeiw
Roosevelt Is a victim of continuous and
Irremediable brain storm.
Grandpa James Blakely of Browns
ville, who will be within a few days of
100 years old when he votes for Wilson.
November 5, began voting In I8JS for
Jackson: he was only a little over a
year short of being old enough to vote
In 1832. What a tremendous stretch of
time, measured in events!
' ;,' OKIiGON SIDELIGHTS
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, Eugene Register: When Oregon peo
ple read of a drop in temperuture from
Jj degrees tofreezlng, they merely, con
gratulate themsolvos. , ,
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Burns' tlmea' Herald: A.C, Pred
more of the Fort Bid well Indian school
Is here for the purpose of taking a
number of Piute children back to
school.' There are several of school
age la this vicinity, ; .
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Baker 'Herald: 'Many of the farmers
o! this vicinity are posting trenimns
notices, on their places aKulnut hunts; s
and f isnerrnen,"- whoT have repeatedly,
exceeded their rights, according to the
farmers' way of thinking. The hunters
seem to be the most disliked,
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Klamath. Herald! For. the' Durnose
of making the "Kodero" a feature of
the annual entertainments In this, city,
articles of -.Incorporation hava- been
filed by the Rodero Amusement asuo.
elation, ' The ' Incorporators . are ' B. D
Hall, Hunter Bavldge and Charleb' J
Ferguson. . i.... u
Astoria Budget: Captain Karr. mas
ter of lightship 67, which has been
brought Inside for repair, 'says that
during tne two months ma crau was
stationed off the Columbia "river re
lieving No. 88, he and his crew caught
and salted, down enough fish to Jast
thnm throurh tha wlntr. . Klsh "Were
so plentiful that all they had to dp was
to drop lines into the sea. - '
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1 Fossil Journal: Phil Suetter of Port
land and Joe Painter or Vancouver.
Wash., have bought the Foesll .hotel
from Welch Bros., and will take pos
session of It about October 20. The
price paid la reported to be 5u00. Q.
w. Knox, the present lessee, will move
10 nis own noiei uuiiuing uiiour h.
"Eugene Guard: W. IT. Houlstln. of
Honduras, who owns the Noraton tract
near Junction City, writes to the Great
Western Land company from Alabatna,
that in his trip through the western
and southern parts of the "country he
has. everywhere found much Inte'feSt
manifested in Oregon, and a deposition
on the part of men with money to de
sire to investigate the resources of ttie
"Beaver, state." . '
"President i
tor
SEVEN FAMOUS REBELLIONS
The Whiskey Rebellion.
national city to the four corners of veterans, and indorse the action of the
I the planet. Democratic house of the United States
Portland can afford to spend a huge congress, in its passage or me pension
fee for such a distinction, yet It
Only a petty Sum that Is sought for Senator Kern for his eloquent appeal In
financing the local end of the con- the senate in behalf of the civil war
ference " I veterans, ii you ro Tomiy iuumg it
. , . i iiaraii aiiu menu
There has been in all time but one nnei if your object in this search is in
world's citizenshin conference. That 1 the Interest of the old soldier, you will
Our. men must do something. 7tto be heid ln Portland next Summer flnd enough "harsh and mean" thine
in tne papers mat are supporting j..t.
Taft. and If you wish to proapectaway
out here in Oregon, politically, for other
than pure gold, please excuse the ad
jutant of Cushing Post. No. 14, depart
ment of Oregon, G. A. R.
they don't, a time will come when
they will regret it. - It will then be
too. lafe to recover lost ground, for
It Is the testimony of all commercial
experience that business once lost to
,' a . rival ; is most, difficult to regain.
There are issues that Portland
must meet. They are already begin
ning, to -make themselves felt The
old lassitude, lethargy and lack of
Initiative that has so long stood in
Portland's way must be thrown off.
- .The 8lfnggte must be made for the
-f'ftfrt'fnriln ivni rt h o vn tid wtrhrsr tti
railroad rates, including removal of
the'-Astoria handicap." .
will be tne second.
GOVERNMENT BY EXPERTS
OODROW WILSON Is right as
to government by experts.
He says, "Experts don't see
anything except what is un
der their microscope."
The experts have their place in the
general 'scheme of things. They per
form their part in affairs.
But we should never consent to be
governed by commissions of experts.
It was a commission of so-called ex-
Iperts in chemistry that blocked the
The financial and business world (great work of Dr. Wiley in the ad
of Portland must realize that, while ' ministration of the pure food law.
-nature did provide us with a ma-j It is a commission of so-called
"niriceiit "position," it cannot provide tariff experts that recently cost sev
hs withsteamships. That Is the bus-, eral hundred thousand dollars, and
lness of man, and man must do It. J withheld from its report Information
. Jor 25 rears, we -have depended that had extremely important bear
upon outsiders, who had no interest ling on proposed tariff legislation,
in Portland but were In reality work-) It turned out to be an expert tariff
lng for the pbuild of rival iiotjts, to, commission to prevent tariff revision
finance and manage our ocean usi-lmore than a commission to further
ness. . It has been 25 years of dismal 'tariff revision. -failure,
with the oriental line gonej Indeed, the trouble with the tariff
and threat of other lines to go as!i3 that it has been supervised too
the net result.
. How long will the business and
much by so-called experts, notably
Senator Aldrich. It has been expert-
financial figures of Portland allow led so much that the experts get all
failure and business catastrophe to! the benefit andthe people pay the
be the order? piper.
..." How long will we regard the com- Recently. George Perkins advo
putlng of interest and the swapping cated a United States supreme court
,01 Jown lots as the chief end of man? of expert business men to supersede
. ii weao noining to expaoj com- the present supreme court in the,
merclally; who or wbat will ward off t adjudication of the Interests of Big
the stagnation, the business depres-; Business. He now proposes a com
Bion, the unemployment, the loss of j mission of business experts to super
rentala, the empty buildings sure to 'vise the trusts, fixing prices, assuring
come if Portland does nothing in j dividends and making investments
substantial development to sustain secure.
he enormous growth througft which! Financial experts, tariff experts,
we are passing? j business experts, law experts, experts
i uu privilege, experts on piuiocracy,
EXCBLLENT SERVICE
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HERE is much commendation of
the service given by the rail
roads in connection with the
Pendleton Round-Up. Special
trains over the Harriman lines and
over the Northern Pacific via the
North Bank afforded every "con
venience and comfort that the most
exacting public could ask.
It is scarcely to be expected that
railroads in the far west where pop
ulation is comparatively eparse
Bhould measure up to service ln the
more densely populated east. Vet,
the service to Pendleton, rendered in
the face of the fact that the equip
ment was taxed to the limit, in no
sense suffers by comparison. It was
a splendid showing by the roads,
obligingly and efficiently rendered
by competent officials.
legislation, but on the contrary meets
the public more than half way. Result
-the best streetcar service in America,
climate and conditions considered.
It teems to be the policy of the Port
land company to carry as many passen
gers per car aa possible , at all times,
thereby saving a few dollars. A service
dragged out of the street railway com
pany by drastic legislation la far more
costly .to the company than, good volun
tary service, corporations eem to learn
their lessons slowly and in the most ex
pensive form, but the patience of the
public is so nearly exhausted that
transportation companies must either
face compulsory improvement of service
or municipal ownership.
It is really pathetic to bear the walls
of , the street railway people over the
terrible losses which a 3 cent fare from
a very few persons would entail, and
the implied threats to Impair the service
by passing up passengers, and get even
with the public. These Implied threats
are in line with the Usual policy of auch
corporations, and furnish another excel
lent reason for drastic legislation.
LKANDKR RANSOM,.
R
AX A3IRITIOUS CITY
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experts on special interests and ex-
RAND JUNCTION is a Colorado ! IZlLiZT..0 "
city of about 3000 people. But
her ambition is lo show to the
bosses, have governed us so long
that the country has been made sick
with inequities, Injustices and dis-
wrtrlrl (hat imal! tin i nn i
to progreasiveness , nations.
" In im tne city adopted commls-L, Wofodrow TV,,80n U ?"', U 19
slon gpverranent. She now claTm8!tlme f1fr(cotmmon to help gov
thes results, "Disease has been Te-'f"; " lm People to
duced over 30 per cent. ConUglous I ' en tnto tb Partnership.
diseases are practically wiped out.
Three paying districts have been es
Ubllshed.Y; Children's playgrounds
hit Iioah nrnvfrfail arA r..i. , I
wrig . -tp i. - ytn ub I 111-' '
rroved. "The chamber of commerce
1-4 marl nnrt nf fh ritv
suriBicru vj regular tax levy, A
IX ILLINOIS
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tystera of fr garbage collection has
-cen Isnsta lied. Taxes have beea re
laced tJir mit- -4 ..
, Tpder the. Grand Junctiorh charter
ill municipal work: inust be done di
fdly by the commissioners and not
iCLh&V IrPtEp last H'hree"ear3 "the
laving 10 th pcopf has 4een over
"1100.000. "'(. '
Jt water cysfem costing over $6C0,
502 kst bcra constructed by the com-
OR governor, Illinois Democrats
have nominated Edward F.
Dunne, ex-mayor of Chicago,
it la a nomination that meets
the Woodrow Wilson test of clean
men for clean politics. Aa mayor,
Mr. Dunne fought the great fight by
which the city of Chicago sow shares
heavily In. tjig net profits of tha
street railways and which. In time,
will produce a great fund for Jhe con
XlL"nfr:.0 muiilcipaIly.wualt4MrBa
way. His work presents an example
In , which , "the whole people have
been taken Into the partnership."
Concerning: film, the Public says:
"Tha enemies he made as mayor
NEXT
ISING to majestic heights of
oratory in his speech at Joplin,
Missouri, Theodore Roosevelt
said:-
If you would know what boss domina
tion did for the people at Baltimore,
think for a moment of what happened
to Champ Clark. The bosses didn't want
him nominated. They wanted another
candidate, and they got lilm It was aa
wilful a disregard of the vote as wan
evidenced ln the Republican convention
at Chicago. The nomination at Balti
more belonged to Mr.' Clark, but the
bosses handed' it over to Mr. Wilson-Next.
Clean Money.
L Portland. Sept. 29. To the Editor of
The Journal--8ome time ago- The Jour
nal published thu New York World's
explanation of dirty campaign money
TJia Journal is now collecting fer-the
Wilson campaign, which of coursf is
presumed to be clean campaign money.
Will The Journal please explain what
clean campaign money is, and how and
for what It is used. I have been voting
for 46 years, and my vote has never cost
a candidate a penny, and I think most
men can vote as cheap as I can, and thu
county pays the election expense. So
pleace explain where the pure money is
used for a pure purpose, and oblige.
-stick to The Journal because I think it
is the fairest on all questions.
L. M. STKGNER.
OREGON PRIZE SHEEP
I
N 1904 the National Livestock as
sociation convention met in Port
land. The chief authority on
sheep present was Mr. Bates of
Ohio. He said, In a review of the
sheep there exhibited:
Oregon is rapidly becoming the breed
lng ground for the best cjaeses of sheep
ln the country. It may not be general
(The money collected for Woodrow
Wilson's campaign is used in sending
literature to voter, in paying traveling
and 4oteL expenses of campaign
speakers, ana other' legitimate ex
pendiUiree, necessary under government
by ballot. It is called clean money be
cause it Is voluntarily contributed by
citizens who expect no special favors or
privilege In return.
For many years great corporations
have been contributing great sums to
presidential candidates, from whom they
expected and received special govern
mental favors after election. The prac
tice nas resuuea in Diuiaing up-a sys
tem of special privileges for the few
and denial of equal privileges to the
many. Woodrow Wilson refuses to ac
cept campaign contributions from such
corporations. If, elected president he
will -owe obligations lo nobody but the
plain people.)
What Is a Moose?
Portland, Or., Sept. 24. To the Editor
of The Journal In view of the claims
made in some places that the Colonel
tried to trim me standard oil company
ly known here in -Oregon, but the WIN ,r, camP11a,n 'unds' Pefhapa the defi
i.m.tfA v.hpv t- th, nmv r.i- i- ; nltion of Moose from the new elev.
America where long wooled sheep can !ntn" dul01 ot tn Encyclopedia -Brit-
ne grown Bucccssruuy. i nave seen
long wool varieties that could not be
annlca would Interest you: "Moose, the
North American Indian (Algonauln)
excelled in England, and Great Britain nm of the North American represent-
has been given credit for the best in aUv of the European elk. The word is
that, Una. The wool is. of the best, 10 mean cropper' or .'trimmer,'
fiber clean and long and animals attain from the animal's habit of feeding on
greater weight thn elsewhere. the branch of trees." R. A, JONES.
But the truest- thing he Bald was !
"the sheep breeders' business Is ln
its Infancy here." " .
jThat was . more than eight years
ago. The . long wooled cheep of
western Oregon have been improved
by -Importations of better blood and
otherwise-until the predictions of
Sheep bred in Oregon are taklnk
the big prizes at the state fair cir
cuit! in . visconsln and elsewhere.
They are exhibited by a Wisconsin
breeder who became familiar with
As to Pronunciation. . .
Portland, Sept. So. To tha Editor of
The Journal aoiyou set me right ort
,the pronunciation of the word tnfiBtte.'
All dictionaries I have been able to con
sult show "ln'finlt," whereas ; I have
heard several prominent church men
pronounce it "in-f rnlte,' long '1" in
second and third syllables, B. J: M,"
There is no authoi'lt for ih long 'V
In inflnlta. - - , ,
V 4 . The Single ff ax.: , ;
"'Slyrtle Tolflt, or., lept. 29 To the
Eultor of The JournalIf two men with
In every part of the tinlted States
except Pennsylvania,- and n by far thu
larger number or counties or the state,
the officers of the federal government
had been able to carry "the excise law
(passed in March, 1791, on-the recom
mendation of Hamilton), unpopular as it
generally Was. into execution; but re
slstance having been made ln a few of
the western counties, and their defiance
of Uw increasing- with the forbearance
of the government In tha state, prose
cutlons bad been ordered against the
offenders. In July tha marshal of the
district, Lenox, who was serving the
process, and General Neville, the lnnpec
tor, were attacked by a body of armed
men and compelled to desist from the
execution of their official duty.
Tha next day a much, larger number,
amounting, to too men, assembled" and
endeavored to seise the person of G an
tral Nevillo, Falling in that they ex.
acted a promise from the marshal that
he would serve no more processes on the
west side of the Allegheny, and attack
ing the inspector's house they set fire
to it and destroyed It with its contents.
On this occasion tha leader of the as
sailants was killed and several of them
wounded. Both tha inspector and the
marshal were ordered to resign, but they
refused and sought safety in flight.
A meeting was held a few days later
at Mongo Creek Meeting House, which
recommended to all tbe townships in the
four western counties of Pennsylvania
and the neighboring counties of Virginia
to meet, by their delegates, at Parkin
son's Ferry, on the Monongahela, on the
fourteenth of August, to take into -con
sideration the situation of the western
country. Three days after this meeting
a party of malcontents seised the mall,
carried, it to Canonsburg, seven miles
distant, and there opened the - letters
from Pittsburg to Philadelphia, to dis
cover who were hostile to them. They
then addressed a circular letter to the
officers of the militia in the 'disaf
fected counties, informing them of I he
intercepted letters, and calling on them
(o rendezvous at Braddock'a Field on
the first of August, with arms in good
order, and four days' provisions.
This circular was - signed by seven
persons, but the prime mover was David
Bradford, a lawyer, who was the prose
cuting attorney of Washington county.
In consequence of this summons a large
body of men, which Had been estimated
at from 6000 to 7000, assembled at
Braddock's Field on the day appointed.
Bradford took upon himself the mili
tary command, which was readily yield
ed to htm. He proposed the expulsion
from Pittsburg of several persons whoso
hostility had been discovered "by the
letters they had intercepted,, but his
motion was cairied only as to two per
sons, Gibson and Neville, son of the in
spector. They then decided to proceed to
Pittsburg. Some assented to this, to
prevent the mischief which others medi
tated. But for (Jils and the liberal re
in, a letter, to the : x Vork Tlmn,
Dr, Charles . W. Eliot, the -venerable
president emerltua of Kiiard univer
sity, says; , - - v . .'v.
"The tariff Issue ln tiie i resent cam-,
palgn i clcarly4eflnd. ,i i twldeot Taft
nolda firmly to the theory a nd,' practice .
of protection, and that portion of tha
Republican party which gives him some
measure of support is protectionist la
practice.? Tha citisen '.who' believes, as I
do, that the existing tariff prevents the
expansion or'Amerlckn commerce and '
trade, , protects manufacturing .. Indus
trles- from the "foreign competition
Which would be wholesome for them,
supports ' artificial 't monopolies, raises
the j price of many "' necessaries - of -life
and keepa tha. country aa a: whole
exporting the richness of Its soil rather
than the products" of 'ltskllled labor'
can - hardly - vot - f oih PjreSjdent - Taft,
however DUChM'',A)r'.V:J40'0
because of respect jJorCihla character,
resentment at 'tbe Injustice with whloh
he has been .trtd' and liking tor bUi
conservatism
1 "The Democratic party,r JudgSd y. It
history and its; recent t action, aeemt
likely under its neVi leaders to acoont
rpllsb a Judicious and effective reduction ..
in tariff rates, and Indeed is pledged, to
d so, so far-aa 1U platform and. th
words 04 Its candidates can pledge It
"The platforms of all three 'parties
are much alike in .promising ' large
number of social and industrial reforms, '
many of them long known to be desir
able, t)ut some fu)l of difficulties and
dangers. .The ProgreMive; party, con.
tains numerous " Social -workers,, minis
ters, young political. reformers and other
disinterested persons of unquestionable
patriotism, who think they can further -their
various phllanthropio purposes' by
utilising tho energy and popularity ot
Theodore Booeevelt-It also contain
men and women Who warmly admire Mr.
Roosevelt's private character and publlta -
career and accept .his' preffered,leader
ship with enthusiastic devotion.. .',
"It is over these social and industrial
reforms that strong differences of opln
Ion have arisen concerniug , the ' right
ways of dealing wlthJhe : obstacles
which constitutions,' 'courts 1 andc lawa
havo plucea m tha pathway ot mftltanl
reformers; hepce, 'th", grave constitu
tlonai and 'legal'1 issues i the present "n
election. rn.w. '
"The coming troublous years will eall
for. fairness, Sober Judgment and quiet -reeolution
in the executive bead Of tha' '
government. Governor Wllon aareer
gives many indications that he posses-
sea these qualities.' Through. 80 years
of public life, ex-President Roosevelt
has proved to the American people that
these are not ills .characteristics. - '''"
Far the greater" part of -the social .
and Industrial -Improvements Which tha
three national parties seem to Cootem- -
plate though not in equal number caa
be effected by the centrat government
only by a dangerous Stretching r eved- -
lng of constitutional provisions, -since
they lie within tha Jurisdiction of tha
several states. 1 ... . ' -?---..
The national. acutlv..tharefora., a
this narticular tuncture ouaht not to be 1
an impulsive, self -confident, headstrong
man, impatient of restraints ana oppesi -
tlon and given to -the use-of wrava
gant lanauaee. Such a man la ex-Prsl-
tlen Roosevelt, as both his Wands and .
Mi yoea -weu Know. e aiao xniww
f row ttni to' tlma a jtondness tor taking
risks and a willingness to usa force,
which would, not -be bad eigne in aa
energetlo youth, but" ar, alarming la-t-mature
statesman. . ov ,
"The candidate : of the ProgresslTt
nartv has shown himself capable, whlla "
in Dower, of taking grave publlo action .
whicl of course seemed to bbn wtsa -and
right In disregard of eonatitutlonal
and legal limitations; noVxwhlla out Of
power, of proposing rash 'changes in
the relations of tha judiciary i to ui
other departments-of ' tha government
and to the voters, !;- h.v .
"Flnauy. at tha frthcornlngteotl
the people, are called "Vpon: to axpreas,
not directly but by implication, their
opinion on another constitutional ohanga .
the qeuation or a tnira term in me ,
freshments furnished by the people of
Pittsburg, it was thought that the town
would have been burned. The president
issue! a proclamation reciting the acts
of treason, commanding the Insurgents
to disperse, and warning others against
abetting them. He, at the same time,
wishing to try lenient measures, ap
pointed three commlnslonera to repair to
the scene of the insurrection, to confer
with the Insurgents and to- offer them
pardon on condition of a satisfactory
assurance of their further obedience: to
the. laws.
Governor Mirflin followed the exam
ple of the president in appointing com
missioners to confer with the Inaufg
ents with power to grant pardons, and
he Issued an admonitory proclamation,
after which he convened the legislature
to meet on tne third of November. The
federal and state commissioners reached
the insurgent district while the aeoven
tlon at Parkinson's Ferry was in ses
sion. It assembled on the fourteenth of
August, and consisted of 228 delegates,
all from the western counties of Penn
sylvania, except six from Ohio county,
in Virginia, They appointed Cook-their
inairnian, ajla Aider; uauauu, secretary,
though he at first declined the appoint
ment The commissioners requited
an explicit assurance of submis
sion to the laws, a recommendation to
their associates, of a like submission.
and meetings of the citizens to be held
to confirm these assurances.
All public prosecutions were to be
suspended until the following July, when
if there had been no violation of tha
law In the Interval, there should be a
general amnesty. These terms were
deemed reasonable by the" subcommittee,
dui oerore tne meeting or 60 took place.
tioay or armea men entered Browns
ville, the place appointed for the meet
ing, and so alarmed the. friends of ac
commodation, that they, seemed to 'be
driven from their purpose. Gallatin,
however, was an exception, and the next
day he addressed the committee of 0 ...t t. - .pMan'RAMa.
I n nriAiulIni e-n k i. m--. 1 - I - ....... , . ; i
wvW.Ui w luo vrupuauis ot veit and the Progressive party " mas ,
thecommtsBloners,. -but-natM mowk. -nrntn-tMMnwrttiit nraMtim
could ba effected than to pass a resolu-1 nn h vnfr. nnrtuntlv. 4h Issue ,
tion that it would be to the interest of I js cParly Joined between the Democrats
IV n.v l. Itivoo ICI II1S Wlin-
out any promise or pledge of submission.
Orders were issued and executed to
seize those offenders who had not sii;njj
the declaraiibn of submission and send
them to Philadelphia, and thus wus this
purpose of resisting the execution of the
excise law completely defeated, and en
tire order restored in less than four
months 'from the time of theburnifis
of Neville's house, which wus the first
overt act of resistance. It was, how
ever, deemed prudent to retai u fur,,,.
of 2500 militia during the winter, unUor.
uenerai Morgan, to prevent a return to
that spirit of disaffection which hud so
long prevailed in Pennsylvania!
Tomorrow Shay's rebellion.
an equal amount of money came to Ore
gon and one invests in land and "one
goes into the loan business and loans
his money, under theslngle tax the one
Investing ln land would pay taxes for
both. - ' ' - ,
Could any state afford to have such a
law? Does not tha very imposition of
such an unjust law Jar you? Of courte,
If we bad single tax they would likely
not come to this state at all. Vote 310
yes, and minimise the danger of such
mws. U STRONO.
Wisconsin Club I(lea Approved.
Portland, Sept. 80. To the "Editor Of
The Journal I see by The Journal that
some one wants to hear from Wiscon
sin people in regard to starting a club.
I am very, much Interested, and would
like to ask some one from that atate to
give their address and call a meeting. I
know a good many pleasant people, who
would be glad to attend; ,
BADGER NO. 2.7'.
temperate fathers restored to them
Houghton county has saved probably
116,000 of poor relief -money in sever,
months; and the naloonkeepers are en
tirely satisfied with the ordinance
A County That Cure Drunkards.
"Toung Dick" O'Rourke Is a graduate
of Valparaiso (Ind.)" University, former
student at the , Michigan. College of
limes, and a saloonkeeper' in Houghton
county. Michigan; Also he lathe oouh.
ty supervisor from his township. rAr.
result of his' conscientious'; inveatiga"
tlons, ha found that , Houghton county
was spending $8,000 a year to relieve
Dougal. poverty canted "by ar unkenneia.
Did Dick then, renounce his saloon and
turn temperance speaker? "Nohe! He
got the board of supervisors to choose a
special officer whose duty it should be
to seek out habitual tlppleia,; warn them
to atoD drinking, and, If they' failed to
heed tbe- warning,, to get their .photo
graphs and to tile copies or mem witn
everyone of the 100 saloonkeepers ' in
Houghton cbuntyV with orders that ;no
liquor be aold to rnese men. ;
This officer- called pon 0 men in
geTenTnofrttisTBtgtityfwir of thenrtor
woro their, drinking; only, six photo
graphs had to b& posted, and these are
kept under lock and key and are known
only to "the saloon men and to the spe
cial officer. ; Tnus there is no humilia
tion of any of the men." -
Under this law 80, families-have -pad
The Answer.
"They say the Joint was raided."
Is that so? Why" say. eoni
.Dont know," replies the liars,
Lnlene it's a campaign gun."
''Say, what's the governor dolri
Does he think lie owns this town?"
- 3uesa so," replies the liars,
.rum,-the way he's stlcktn" 'round.'
oD'y ftlr: West's doin' any good?"
Kays the cynic, with a snif f. (
'Hog playln' to the grandstand."
6ay the grafters, scared most stiff.
And eo the query often voiced
By thof, with stained hands:
And while the laggards woncfer.
Our governor's but a man.
Who didn't forget his official oath
As a servant of our state.
B:eVm;tlle..,Wa!Xfe g 0t '
. .By VVarn,JIqCuUoch. ,
raity. which die-lares for a single tsrnv
and the Progressive - party, which has
nominated a man who has already held
the presidential office for-seven year
7 "Voter of Oregon
that the peepleat the ballot' box ahwtld
have the right to pass upon taxation
measures berore they become effective,
Should vote No. 209- "No," and thus pre.
vent the amendment from becoming the
"law of Oregon." - 8. JACKSON,
, Portland, Sept. 1$, 1312. "
The proposed amendment to the att
constitution -which wilt ap'pear on the
ornciai Daiiot in November as "Npa
0(-.'' if it carries, will take away from
the people, the . right, to govern - them
selves, inTtaxatlon matters and return
tfl the legislature; and nredatorv nd
private Interests the pewer to "regu
late" and '.'arrange"; taxation measures,
the inference being that the people are
not Intellectual! y competent to pass
upon such things at! tha polls.-Evei-y
voter who believes the people should
rut mnA I.a hftlUv.,",.........! ...u....
I . .. . . . ii u'rrtm in f - ,v, ,nfl v n n.ni t.
fit i rounary, i , ana wnaf itethe-t4feye H-h., " - . .t'-- v-v,w, t
ithat the er,i.'t Th- n.nnI.T,!rTt.e stranger entered the bank and
approached the nearest teller. ;
"I want to make a deposit,", he said.'
The teller looked around cautiously
and when he spoke his voice had drop
ped to a whisper,-.' -. - - -
"Savings, commercial or polleet" ha
askedtv. .. .,i;.,.' tv, ... i . f
"In all probabil Ity,4 to give anyone
third erm in the presidency, either with :
or without an Interval between terma.
would be an undesirable precedent.- All
obfiei-vant citizens know that In tha ; i
caw-h of Presidents Roosevelt and Taft, . 1
preparations for securing. a second terra
linpalrerl the efficiency, and dignity of
the president In the last year of his first 1
term. Every presidential campaign
ought to furnish tha whole country with
a valuable lesson in good manners, fair
discussion, eoundreaaoninr and loyalty
to Ideals, it would be more likely to do.
so if the president in power could have -no
ambitions to be gratified and no per-"
sor.al claims on his party or tha coun -try.
-. ... .. .-v': . ' ';r-;; .
'ln order, however, to, trrtva at , tha - J
conclusion that it is inot best to give ea.!
President Roosevelt a third term Jt isf
not necessary to discuss broadly tha,
question of the best limit for psslden
tlal service. It (a enough to sa7 , that '
ex-Presidt.nt Roosevelt : Is a .personage :
peculiarly unfit to be; placed or a third
time in the presidential office because
he loves poWer( ardently desires to a
ercise the president's 1 power again, and '
has procured h,t own nomination by
direct personal affori' at .the cost of '
splitting the party to which ha owed ' .
hie previous opoprtunltles for1 a,, high
political career. To ' these facte frank
sayings of Mr. Roosevelt himself abun
dantly testify;.- '- "'";' ": -'"''. '
"Moreover, ex-President" ; Roosevelt
has lately contributed by untimely critW -.,
ciarris. couched in intemperate language, -to
the defeat of the invaluable arbitra .
tlon treaties of the United States with
Grtat Britain and France, drawn by tht ,
taft administration, which would have
made war between these couhtrlea well- '
nigh Impossible. ' Holding the opinions .
he has often expressed about the bene
ficial effects of. war on the individual '
and on society, ha can manifestly' bs (
only a half-hearted believer' in tb Judi--cial
etttlement of international disputes,
and would probably wove dangerous
president should questions of war arise.
Yet : international arbitration, justics
and peace have long been and are em-;
phatlcally today noble policies of tha
UnlteO ttes, j . Vv-. r :- fit ' 7. V ,
."Second and third germs majr or mar
not be expedient on general principles,
but this particular proposal for a third
term is unquestionably inexpedient, y
- "Those considerations have brourh
me to the xjonclusfoa that.1t is best-,
tovote for Wilson and Marshall at the "
forihcoming election."
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