East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-12
WILL DEMOCRATS
PROVE FOOLISH?
HISTORIAN G. @. LEE
TALKS OF POLITICS
AL..---says Oregon Is Making Most
SubsthInmf Growth> >afd r-orrnuftr'
Excels SeattIe-Iias Land for
Backing; Seattle Has Water.

Guy Carleton Lee. the historian and
educator of Baltimore where he was
connected with Johns Hopkins uni
versty for good many years, thinks
II Taft and Roosevelt have really
quarreled, that either Judson Harmon
or woodrow Wilson will be next pres
ident of the United States. II they
haven't-then 1t will be Roosevelt for
a third term. says a story In the Ore
gon Journal
Mr.. Lee has been lecturer on COM
parative politics at George Washing
ton university since 1900, and is a
close student OF political affairs He
has been making a complete tour of
the United States In the interests Of
the National Society for Broader Ed
ucation. Being a democrat, he thinks
he appreciates the pecullarltles of the
present political situation with a pret-
ty good understanding.
THE democrats have the biggest
opportunity to make fools OF them
selves they have had in years" said
Mr.. Lee at the Hotel Portland, where
ne arrived
Chance Dangerous.
with their control Of congress the
chance is a dangerous one. Whether
they elect a democrat president of the
United States in 1912 depends a good
deal on the outcome OF the dlssention
In republican ranks. If II grows the
democrats will have the day. No
body really knows how Taft and
Roosevelt feel toward each other. A
great many people say they do, but
they don't. Theodore Roosevelt is the
most astute politician that has sat in
the presidential chair since Martin
Van Buren, He has a positive genius
for politics. He makes the most abb !
surd and assinine errors and blunders |
and, withal, he Is n consummate poll
tician. II the break in the republi-
can party can be healed he will be |
the next president The democrats !
have two good leaders Woodrow
Wilson. preferably. though he hasn't |
the physical strength needed, and |
Judson Harmon. who is a very good |
man for the place"
Mr.. Lee has been making n care
ful study Of the Pacific northwest. He |
is about to get out 20 more volumes |
of OF the "History of North America"
OF which he is editor, and of which |
90 volumes were published in 1904. |
He thinks the northwest had better
stop long enough to catch It's breath.
Growing too Fast.
you've been growing too fast |
here" ne said. Like boys playing |
a., ctn nd
catch your breath. Don't be in such !
n hurry. You'll grow more rational !
in time to come IL you allow your
selves TO settle n while now. For in |
stance, Seattle says she will have 500,- |
600 by next census. She'll have them |
some time. but not by next census. |
Seattle is n good town, but her people |
are IN very bad way Just now and 1t
Is because she has grown too fast.
Tacoma actually Is n much better
town than Seattle right now. 1t is
delightful home place and good
manufacturing town.
To compare Seattle and Portland Is
like comparing water and food. Sc
attic has you skinned a mile in in
elegant language, so far as her harbor
Portland Bcats Seattle.
"You beat Seattle Just as far when
Il comes TO extent OF country and re-
sources behind you. You can't COM
pare the two places Seattle is han
dicapped by having her waterfront
owned by the railroads Her saliva
ton lies in the electric lines that will
make other shipping points accessible
beyond her corporation owned water
frontage. Portland never did n bet
ter thing than when she voted to own
her own water front. II is absolute
ly necessary for commercial prosper
fly"
Dr.Lee, besides being connected
with the Baltimore Sun and sending
almost daily political articles to the
Pittsburg Post. is devoting a years
work to the National Society for
Broader Education. of which he is
managing director He says he works
is hours day and he carries sec
retary with him to help out In the
mass of correspondence with which
his hotel room was filled an hour
after his arrival