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IS, IflL Suppose La Follette should win tha Republican nomination for the Pres idency In 1912. Suppose that radi calism pure, unadulterated, mili tant and uncompromising- radical ism represented by the Wisconsin Idea should thus control the Re publican platform and the Republi can organization. Is there anyone so blind to the real conditions through out the United States political, so cial, economic, industrial as to have the remotest opinion that he could be elected? We should see the campalirn of l'Sf over again, with La Follette In the place of Bryan. There would be widespread alarm among the con servative elements, which, through out the East. North, and West, are represented mainly In the Republican party, and which In the last analysis are largely the blood, bone and sinew of the country. They would not sup port La Follette. They might not go to . the Democratic nominee, but La Follette would lose them. Where' would La Follette get his .votes? From the Democrats? No. Impossible. The Democrats have not been so united, enthusiastic or hope ful for years. They would be for If La Follette shall be nominated, the Republican party will be Irre trievably demoralized and hopelessly wrecked. So would bo La Follette, Bourne. Brlstow and all the progres sives. The former might not to them appear so great a calamity; the latter would doubtless seem so. Their best chance Is to be out of the locomotive when the Republican train leaves the track. HMORE!. OF MORAL REFORM. Brother Dyott felicitates the publio and the .Rushlight administration on the fact that "the social evil Is not worse here than It Is in other cities." Not worse oupht to be good enough, no doubt. "Some old-fashioned lies have been told about conditions in Portland." continues this sealous ad vocate of the Mayor. We share the good brother's indignation. Nobody should tell an old-fashioned He or any kind of a He about Portland. It is probably susceptible of proof that condition are 1 per cent possibly 1 per cent better than in Seattle or San Francisco or Reno or Butte or Chicago. Anyhow, they are as good. We are getting along famously. The North End Is being renovated fast. Give Rushlight a chance? Certainly. He should have all the chance in the world. He has. His future la in his own hands. Meanwhile, it is pleasing to note the wonderful development of the moral uplift all along the line In the Rushlight regime. Joe Singer, who delivered the South End vote to the Mayor in the primary and at the elec tion, has been made? an additional city market Inspector. Market In spector Sarah Evans will have no dif ficulty heerafter In maintaining hy giene, sanitation, healthfulness and cleanliness In every Portland market, with the able re-enforcement of . a pushcart exrert of the wide renown of Joe Singer. Andy Vaushn, Joe Morak and other celebrated guardians of public virtue and civic morality have been put In charge of the Llnnton rockplle. They demonstrated their availability and capacity by doing yeoman service in the Rushlight campaign. T&e rockplle faces a stern rule of reform. The outlook is good for creating a fine new Job for Sergeant Keller. As sistant Chief of Police Is the place for him. Chief Slover needs assistance. Everybody concede that he does. Sergeant Keller has markings of 100 per cent In valiant service for Rush 1 1 e;rit when votes counted, and there Is nothing to do but promote him. Two city detective have been loaned to the grand Jury to help clean up the town. Several policemen have been suspended for drunkenness and have In due time been put back. A special officer lost his star because he could not keep sober, but now he has reformed and he will get It back. Two other officers who were sus pended for cause have been automat ically returned to duty because some body forgot to try them wtthln the required 30 days; but they have been suspended again. That police commit tee Is nothing If not severe very se vere Indeed. Chinese gamblers are having a hard time. It Is wicked" for the heathen Chinee to gamble here In the mllst cf advanced civilization and refining moral influences and they are being regularly arrested and fined heavily 17.60 each. Hurrah! Meanwhile, it will be observed that the Mayor has put the reform move ment in hand widely noted for their active support of the general uplift and their consistent Identification with erlightened and progressive pol-h-laa, moral,' social ar.d political. It Is difficult to understand very difficult why there is not more excitement In the North End a general exodus of undesirables, ne'er-do-wells and r.e'er-do-ar.ythlr.rs from the city. Senator Borah, of Idaho. Is out with sn unique plan whereby, the National "lame duck pond" may be drained and it disporting cripples be turned out to grass, so to speak. He would close and lock the doors of the Na tional crib ta defeated candidate for political place, honor and emolument, thus, as he fondly hopes, filling fat Government salary positions with competent men. This Is a direct blow to the proud aspirations of the free born American citlsen whose name 1 multitude and who 1 firmly convinced that the official recognition of his special talents Is necessary to the wel fare of the state and Nation. Id tills day and age of self-nominating, snif assessicg statesmen, the proposition of the Senator from Idaho wllj meet with scant support. He doubtless means well, but the trouble will be to get "lame ducks." from the "Great Com moner" down to the lowly aspirant for the office of Tillage dogcatcher, to see the wisdom of the scheme. "Each and every one of these will stoutly maintain that a "lame duck" Is not necessarily a "dead duck." I BACK TO THC USD. I There Is a great deal of truth in James J. Hill's remark that nothing , but empty stomachs .will drive ' the people back ti the land. Still there ' are other Influences which will help fa little. If good roads existed In all parts or the Willamette Valley the problem of Inducing settlers to Im prove small farms would lose much of Its difficulty. Most families very aortcihlr colina to make their homes In places which are accessible only for a few months In Summer. Hu man beings require society as well as food and shelter. Good roads will bring about the restoration of the rural church, whose decline) Is one of the most discourag ing symptoms of our times. It Is de pressing to think of the millions of money which are sent to promote re ligion In Africa and China, while Christianity Is steadily losing ground In almost every American country neighborhood. Were all the mission ary funds applied to building roads in the United States for the next twenty-five years, the gain to the world would be enormous. Good roads would of course mean the restoration of rural life in the way of entertainments. ' visiting among neighbors, gatherings at the schoolhouses and meetings of co operative societies. Dust in Sum mer and mud in Winter now make these things exasperating!)- difficult. A natural consequence of good roads would be the establishment of a uni versal parcels post, which means more than almost ans-thtng else for the comfort of the farmer and his family. In comparison with the In estimable benefits it would confer the objections of interested ' parties amount to nothing. All arguments against the parcels post are either Ignorant or intentionally misleading, while the fundamental welfare of the country pleads fur it. Hunger will play a part in driving people back to the land, but it Is not best to depend on hunger alone. It will be wise to try some 6f the ex pedients which make country life attractive. TR. ITILtf VINDICATED. As was expected by every person who has kept informed in regard to the struggle for and against the strict enforcement of the pure food law. President Taft 'has completely exon erated Dr. Wiley rrom all blame In connection with the employment of Dr. Rusby. Thus a discreditable con spiracy to thwart the man on whom, more than any other, the public relies for protection against fraud In the sale of food ar.d drugs has been de feated. Drs. Kebler and Bigelow are given a mild reprimand for allowing their real In the interest of the serv ice to lead them Into a disingenuous device to retain Dr. Rusby"s services, and Dr. Rusby is mildly criticised .for the means he adopted to secure the service of an assistant. This is a good beginning. It undoes the work of Solicitor McCabe and Dr. Dunlap. who plotted to oust Wiley and have the Chemistry Bureau adopt a policy of tender consideration for the food adulterators. But there is much more to do and the President broadly hint that it will be done, when he says: Tha broader Inrues raised by tha Investi gation, which have ft mnch TehtiT re lation than thla one to tha general efficiency of tha department, may require much mora radu-al action than ine question I hava conslderaU and decided. The" plain Implication to be drawn from these words Is that the Presi dent will not be satisfied with defeat ing the plot. He will be apt to place tho plotters where they are powerless for harm: at least, if they are to work for the dealer in poisoned food, they may be required to do so openly, out side the Government service, not se cretly, while pretending to work for the public. It may well be that their efforts to drive out Wiley may result only In entrenching him more firmly in office with enlarged power. It is intimated that Secretary Wil son is to remain, although his de partment is to be shaken up.' The canny old Scot may be imagined quoting from an old song and adopt ing it: "Whatsoever king may reign, still- I'll be the Vicar of Bray, sirs." or' from Tennyson' "Brook.": "Men may come and men may go, but I go on forever." He hold the record for length of service In the Cabinet. One bureau after another In hi depart ment has been muckraked, investi gated and shaken up. some of his subordinates have been sent to Jail and others have been forcibly pro pelled Into private life on the toe of a Presidential boot, but none of these storms, convulsions and removals have affected "Tama Jim." He it the great immovable. CANAL STEAMXR LINES. . All steamship lines are welcome at Portland, but those which are owned and operated by Americans like Ber nard M. Baker, of Baltimore, are par ticularly welcome and when they are untrammcled by railroad control are sti'l more so. The steamers plying through the Panama Canal will con fer a double benefit, for not only wilt they afford cheap and quick trans portation to and from the Atlantic Coast, but they will develop trade be tween Portland and Central America. There Is no reason why bananas and pineapples should ot com to Portland from Guatemala and Pana ma as well as from Hawaii. Portland furniture manufacturers can use ma hogany and other wood from the tropics. Coffee might be imported from Guatemala, and roasted here.' Trade between this port and Cen tral America ha been insignificant because the means of communication were lacking and the tonnage in sight was too small to ofrer induce ments for creating them But a steamer which comes with the bulk of her cargo from the Atlantic Coast would readily top at Corinto. for ex ample, to pick up some more and. having socured a return -cargo here, she would call at that port to dis charge part of It and perhan pick up more to take to New York. Thus the canal will be of vast benefit In putting on a continuous route a string of port of call, where the product of the tropics and the temperate sone can be exchanged. "Mr. Baker's line will be only one of several and It would not be surpris ing to see a steamer arriving and an other sailing every day at Portland to carry on the canal traffic. . . FRIENDSHIP THAT alMERVES AC KNOWLEDGMENT. Portland la to be the guest of honor at the festivities next Saturday on the occasion of the opening of the bridge across the Chehails River by whlah the O.-W. R. & N. and Milwau kee Railroads enter Aberdeen. The event Is a great one In the history of I the whole Grays Harbor country, with I Its 50.000 people, for It 'marks the I completion of the new railroads and the binding together of the two- sides of the river by a steel bridge which ia to be used for both railroad apd team tramc. ine wnoie community is pre pared to celebrate the day, when trains will first enter Aberdeen over this bridge. As ever, regarding Portland as its best neighbor and friend, Aberdeen has reserved the most conspicuous place for the visitors from this city, for the Portland train Is to be the first to cross the bridge, to be followed by those from the Puget Sound anjd ; other cities. Having arranged thus to treat Portland people as the special and particular guest of the occasion, Aberdeen expects them to come' in large numbers. The Grays Harbor city even postponed the celebration for a week in order that the Pendle ton Round-Up might not Interfere with a full attendance. It become every citizen of Portland who can possibly go to Aberdeen next Saturday to do so, that this city may show due appreciation of the place of honor given it. . TICK ATTEMTT TO KILL, 8TOLTTIN. The attemtp to assassinate Premier Stolypin is a symptom of the fierce struggle which has been going on in Russia. Stolypin has been engaged In a conflict with the revolutionists on the one 'hand, whose designs vary all the way from a constitutional monarchy to a socialist republic and on the other with the standpat ele ment of the aristocracy, which would continue the despotic power of the Czar unimpaired but would, also oon tlnue the practical exercise of that power by the Grand Dukes, an inner circle of the nobility and the bureau cracy which they control. Stolypin stands for the maintenance of the Czar's power and for' Its exercise through the ministry and the Douma, keeping the latter body under his thumb. He has been trying to carry out gradually and In moderation the reforms demanded by the democracy, while savagely suppressing any ef fort to hasten those reforms or make them more radical. He has ruthless ly assailed- the autonomy of Finland and has expelled the Jews from Kiev and other cities. At the same time he has extended the system of zemstvos, or provincial assemblies, in the western or Polish provinces. In so doing he had a con test with the Council of the empire, a House of Lords appointed by the Czar. The Council rejected his- bill and he resigned, but three days later was recalled by the Czar, who forced the Council to yield and severely re buked those who had intrigued against Stolypin. These are the bodies from which the Czar received deputations at Kiev the day of the at tack on Stolypin. STATE RIGHTS IN RATB-SLVKIXG. It would certainly be a unique pro ceeding for twenty-four Governors to unite In urging the Supreme Court of the United States to decide a pending case in a given way but unique only in the source of the resolution or whatever form the proposed protest takes. The Supreme Court has here tofore been urged by higher author ity than State Governors to decide an Issue on the ground of expediency rather than law. Possibly the most noted case of the kind was President Johnson's letter to one of the Justices concerning the Dred Scott case. Precedent, however, does not give propriety to the subml?i.on. of pro tests or resolutions to 'the Supreme Court. Such proceeding carries the inference that the framers of the pro test or resolution believe either that the court may be inclined to go out side the law in its decision or that it may be deterred by public sentiment from deciding an issue according to law. Probably calm reflection by the committee appointed by the House of Governors Thursday will finally in duce it to employ an attorney to pre sent the purely legal aspect of the case as intervenor or amicus curiae. There Is broader ground for discus sion and argument In the decision of Judge Sanborn In the Minnesota rate case than 1 indicated by the unanim ity of the Governor on the subject. State boundaries have been so nearly obliterated In a commercial sense y the increased ease of communication and state and interstate rate and trafflo have become o inextricably woven together that impatience with atate right in rate regulation has been created in many minds. Tho wonder la that the twenty-four Gov ernor were unanimous In expressing alarm over, the Minnesota decision. Railroads must obey one law as to traffic between points in different states and another as to traffic within each state they traverse. When one state legislates as to rate within its borders It la not inconceivable that this legislation may destroy the fabric of rates on traffic moving into that state from other states. It Is possible that radical reductions in state rates enforced by law or commission order may so reduce railway profits that confiscation can be avoided only by increasing interstate rates. It is pos sible that intrastate distance rates may be fixed so low that the railroads wili be forced to lower Interstate rate to avoid violating the long and short haul clause of the Federal act. Numerous other contingencies may "be imagined. It might therefore well be nsked whether the Individual state's power to regulate rates shall be subservient to the Federal power or the Federal power be left stranded where it must conform It regulation to the will of the state. In his de cision Judge Sanborn held as follows: To the e-ktent that It does not substan tially burden or rerulare Interstate . com merce, a stata may reaulate Intrastate com merce and the fare anu rates therein within Its borders, but no farther. It may enforce reai-iations of Intrastate commerce and Its fa'ea and rates, which only Incidentally or r-tr.otelv affect Interstate commerce. Put state laws, orders and retruiatlona ronoern 1ns lntralai commerce, or the fares or ra'e therein, which substantially burden er rer-i!ate Interstate commerce, or the fares or rates therein, are bror.d the powers of the state, unconstitutional and void. There la nothing very alarming In J the foregoing unless, as the Gover ( nors seem to fear, the intrastate rates which "substantially burden or . regulate interstate commerce" cannot be disturbed by either state or Feder . al power. Governor Hoke Smith, of I Georgia, expressed this opinion in l these words: "Once the question is decided this way the State Railroad Commission will be emasculated, and then We will return to that condition where the Interstate Commerce Com mission will have no control of inter state rate and .the carriers can do exactly as they please." That is the only readily apparent danger in an affirmation of the de cision, for It would be a danger to permit the railroads to do as they listed in fixing certain Intrastate rates. Every rate adjustment by law or commission order would have to rest on its own merits. If the law or . order burdened or regulated In terstate commerce It would be in valid. If it did not It would stand, unless defective in other respects But would the Federal Commission be wholly devoid1 of power to restrain the railroads from increasing intrastate rates or to require them to reduce such tariffs? If it is good law that the state cannot change rates if by sucli change interstate rates are af fected, would it not be analogous rea soning that the railroads also are not free from Federal restriction in I changing Intrastate rates to the ex j tent that they affect Interstate com merce: To the non-legal mind it seems ridiculous to hold that with state and Federal power to regulate rates ad mitted each authority can go only a certain distance and that there is an intermediary space that Is hallowed ground. If this I the effect of Judge Sanborn's decision, we can only wish the Governors good speed In their ef forts to have it overruled. But if the effect Is to extend the power of the Federal Commission to cover a scope of which the states are de prived, we can see in Its affirmance promise of closer harmony between state and Federal regulations and consequently broader Justice In the settlement of rate controversies. That all men should be politicians, to the extent of taking an active inter est In public affairs and having' enough knowledge of public questions to vote intelligently is true, and to that extent Speaker Clark Is right. But the term "politician" in this country has come to mean a man who makes a business of politics, not only to the extent of seeding and holding olllce, but of per verting the machinery of government to serve the money-making ends of himself and his friend. It is lamen table that all public men should be charged with being for sale, and it is untrue, but enough have been so to taint public life with suspicion. Too often the innocent have given cause for this suspicion by shielding the guilty "for the good of the party," when they would have served the highest good of the party by denounc ing the guilty and bringing them to Justice. Such a course would have proclaimed that a corrupt man acts for himself, nol for the party, and would have brought the integrity of the party into stronger relief. Neither party has a monopoly of corrupt men; they go where the chances of dishon est gain are greatest, but both parties are equally Interested in their detec tion and punishment. The spectacle of one party denouncing the other party" rascal and the other party de fending them; also the spectacle of wholesale condemnation of one party a corrupt by the other without defi nite evidence to support the charge tempts the people to believe that they are both "tarred with the same brush." Thus politicians as a class have themselves to thank for their bad reputation; they have made it by shielding the corrupt ar.d by crying "corruption" where, there is none. It never rains but It pours. Nature usually gives too little or too much, seldom that moderate supply of sun or rain which reason could Approve. In view of the actual facts. It may well be asked, does "reason" govern the processes of nature? No doubt they are controlled by higher powers, but the laws which direct their pur poses cannot be grasped by human faculties. We can observe what hap pens and understand the "how" of it, but the "why" seems to be beyond us. It Is refreshing to note the prog ress of "practical" studies in the Ore gon schools. Hlllsboro Is one of the many towns which have lately made manual training and domestic science part of their curricula. Persons who worry lest these studies drive- out algebra and grammar may calm their fears." Nothing of the sort will ever happen. There is plenty of time in school for the practical and the cul tural. All that Is necessary Is a wise division between them.- There has not been so much sus pense in regard to an election since the Blatpe-Cleveland campaign as there is regarding the prohibition vote in Maine. The Pine Tree State has kept In the political limelight since the "Tippecanoe and Tyler too" campaign. Prohibition is good for advertising purposes, if for nothing else. Having been advised by Hon. John Barrett that the people of the Pacific Coast were ready to give him great welcome. , the ' President climbed aboard his train yesterday and started for this side of the continent. Sale of 600,000.000 feet of timber in National forests in the Southwest Is a reminder that there is considerable overripe timber In the National for ests of Oregon, where sales are not numerous. . The most ardent prohibitionist would not object to the kind of wet victory scored In Kittitas County, Washington, when the people voted to Irrigate the valley- The gratings or windows of the women's Jail on the seventh floor of the new Courthouse are designed to prevent elopements In aeroplanes. Having squeezed all the saccharine from the "velvet." the sugar people say the price will fall next month. An extra session will entail a big election bill to choose a successor te Representative Clyde. The New Westminster bank-robbers showed their contempt fer silver by leaving it. Building restrictions In a well known suburb of this city debar cas tle in the air. ' 1 BLOCKADES ON BRIDGE DRAWS. Objeetloa Made to Delays la Hnah Honrs for Benefit of "Towboata. PORTLAND, Sept. 14. (To the Edi tor.) Some time ago, the people of Portland -were agitated because of the opening of the drawa on the bri'dges during- the rush- hours. To obtain some relief from the then existing conditions the County Court without authority of law courageously adopted rule providing for certain closed peri ods. The members-of the County Court were thereupon arrested and tried In the Federal Court for acting in de fiance of the Federal laws. With the people anxiously awaiting,, the out come, the Jury brought in a verdict of acquittal but the court laid down the rule that the County Court had acted without authority. - and that the draw "bridge question was not within their Jurisdiction. Upon that decision the excitement of the draw-bridge question ended; agitation ceased, nothing more was said, and acain we have lapsed into old conditions. Once more thousands of citizens of this city are daily com- pelled to wait on crowded cars for an ! intolerable length of time while a j pestiferous towboat movelessly moves tnrough the draw. Last night there was a string of cars extending from Burnside bridge to Second and Washington streets awaiting the con venience of Just such a towboat. It Is an outrage. Such a condition Is so manifestly un fair that this city should not rest nntll a remedy la found. The County Court acted and failed. Surely If the matter were properly and vigorously presented to the War Department, relief could be had. at least as against these tow boats and sand scows. This Is a mat ter that might well be taken up by the commercial organizations of the city. If direct dealing with the War Department should be fruitless, the matter might be urged through our delegation at Washington. At least agitation should not cease until results are obtained. JOHN R. LATOTJRETTE. Closed draw periods have been au thorized by the War, Department for morning and evening rush hours. The bridge-tenders are permitted to use discretion in maintaining .closed draws in those periods, and possibly make errors of Judgment at times. GERMAN PRINCES AT THE FRONT Countryman Declares They Have Been In Thick of Great Conflicts. PORTLAND. Sept. 13. (To the Edi tor.) In The Oregonian of September 11 there appears a clipping from the American Banker, which refers to the war situation In Europe. It goes beyond one's comprehension, that a paper of the standing of the American Banker can print such Silly rot and so thoroughly mlstate.the facts.. The article says that since 1763 no Prince of the House of Hohenzollern was at the front In war time. It might be well for the writer of that article to state when the Princes of that house or the Princes of the other German houses were not at the front. If his tory is correct. King William of Prus sia was at the battle of Sadowa and had to be prevented by Bismarck from leading one of his regiments Into the thick of the firing. His son, Fred erick William and Frederick Charles, the Red Prince, were commanders of as big armies as were together in the French-German war and were at the front, as was almost every Prince of Military age. My father fought at Dueppel, at Sadowa. at Gravelotte, and has often told me that no German Prince shirked his duty or was allowed to do so. Therein lies the reason for the affection the people have for the dynasties. I may also add that Prince Louis Ferdi nand of Hohenzollern fell on the bat tle field of Jena I venture to say that the staff of Emoeror Wllhelm will have a mighty hard Job to keep him away from the firing line should- war breaks out. As to the statement that Germany Is not pre pared for war, that is some more silly rot. Germany was never better pre pared for war than she Is today. That Is the statement of American officers of high rank. Germany surely does not want war any more than the Emperor does. If it should come, there Is not much chance of her being reduced In size. Were this to come, however, the world at large would be the bluest loser. KARL RIEDELSBERGER. Hssamsi Require SIlht Climb. PORTLAND, Sept. 15. (To the Edi tor.) When one has climbed to the summit of a snow-clad peak Is he not eligible for membership in the Mazama? How should one go about to Join? How high Is Castle Rock and is it considered a difficult elimbt M. , Any person who has climbed a snow capped peak that cannot be ascended on horseback is eligible for member ship in the Mazama Club. Aplicatlpns for membership should be made to the President, H. H. Rlddell. Yeon Build ing, Portland. Castle Rock has been climbed and has been found not difficult. Firemen's Examinations. PORTLAND. Or., Sept. 14. (To the Editor.) Please let me know what a civil service examination is like to get on the fire department. Is it the same as an examination to get In the Army, or what qualifications do thev expect, or what, special knowl edge along certain lines Is required I. M. SMITH. There are several divisions In the fire service. Qualifications depend upon whioh division one wishes to en ter. Blanks are furnished upon appli cation at the office of the Civil Serv ice Commission. City Hall. Divorce and Alimony. PORTLAND, Or.. Bept, 14. (To the Editor.) A woman applies for a di vorce in the State of Washington and Is given a decree with alimony, the stipulation being made that the parties In that action shall not marry within six months. Is that an absolute decree? If the husband leaves the state, can the plaintiff have the decree set aside be cause the husband falls to pay the ali mony? SUBSCRIBER. , Tes to the first question. No to the second. . Steamships to Honolulu. PATETTE, Idaho., Sept. 12. (To" the Editor.) What steamship lines run from Portland to Honolulu, also the rates and sailing dates? Where can I get Information about tramp steam ers and salllnVT vessels which leave Portland for Honolulu? What are their rates? - ELLSWORTH D. OPIE. There are no steamship - lines be twen Portland and Honolulu. Sailings of other vessels are wholly indefinite. ' Attorney and Witness Fee. . PORTLAND, Sept. IS. (To the Ed itor.) When an attorney secures a Juciament and the costs are paid to him, if he retains the witness fees and re fuses to pay them, has the witness no recourse? A VICTIM. Cases are on record where attorneys have been sent to the penitentiaries for this. - MARRIAGE AMOG THE DEFECTIVE Weddlaar ef Persona Ks Congenital! Deaf Held Wot Unwbse. EFFTN'GHAil, 111, Sept. 7. (To the Editor.) I am a resident of Portland, but not ygt permanently. Am here for a while now. Occasionally I get copies of The Oregonian. which my folks take, and I have always delighted In read ing the editorials. But the one in The Sunday Oregonian of August 27 en titled 'Preventive Charity" has tended to shake my belief in your seeming universal knowledge of things. Tou say. "It is beautiful ... to build schools for the deaf, hut it would be a great deal more beautiful to spend the same amount of money to prevent deaf . . . people from coming into the world." Beautiful argument this, which has been advanced often before, but It availeth not. A large proportion of the 80,000 deaf people In this country did not come Into the world as such. They had all their senses like you. I did. But as they grew and grew and gave promise of developing Into good specimens of humanity, sickness laid them low and when they pot well they were deaf. That was the case with me. How about the other proportion? They were born deaf, to be sure. Here is where your argument holds force, so ' I will not dispute It. But further on you argue: "It is not agreeable to read of marriage being promoted at the various asylums be tween the congenltally defective In mates," etc. Do you mean to Insinuate that at schools for the deaf, marriages between the deaf pupils are promoted? Anyway, that is Just what the above leads one to believe. In that case you are mistaken. When deaf people marry they do so after their connections with schools for the deaf as pupils have ceased. The two sexes are kept in separate apartments and jealously watched, that Cupid's pranks may never hold sway. It cannot be gain said that attachments have sometimes been formed, but from the day In 1817 when the first school for the deaf was established down to the present, these efforts have been singularly successful. Then you add:s"By every law of heredity they are certain to produce defective children." I cannot vouch for the truth or falsity of this state ment in other defective classes, but with the deaf it is not true, no more tjian when a one-armed man and a one-legged woman marry do they get children minus an arm and a leg. I will refer you to a higher authority. Dr. Edward Allen Fay, professor In Gallaudet Collegre, Washington. D. C, and for many years (he still is) edi tor of a bimonthly publication. "Ameri can Annals of the Deaf," has written a book entitled "Marriages of the Deaf in America," which contains statistics refuting your sweeping statement con cerning the people of my class. Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, the man who Invented the telephone, believed! as you do, but did more. He sought to prevent legally the deaf fom marry ing, whicn" resulted In 7r. 'Fay's book (largely statistical), and frustrated his attempts. This is written for your information and I would make It public,. Since you display a sense of fairness and square dealing you can be fair and square by letting all men know that Bchools for the deaf are schools, not "asylums," and the deaf children pupils, not "In mates." Deaf and blind children do not belong to and It Is unjust to class them with the criminal, the Insane, the Im becile, the Idiotic, or any other depend ent class of the human race. Ever since the dawn of history the deaf have been misunderstood and mistreated, but now the pendulum is swinging the other way.. , W. F. SCHNEIDER. The writer of this letter argues with vigor and some logic but the whole is wasted because it misses the point. Persons who become deaf by disease or accident may marry without the slightest danger of transmitting their defect and The Oregonian was careful to make this clear In the article re ferred, to. Our opmments referred only to the congenltally deaf. For such persons marriage means the perpetua tion of this misfortune. The other criticism appear to us to be captious. There was no inten tion to imply that there la promotion of marriages by deaf-school authori ties. Promotion of marriages among the congenltally defective by associa tion of sexes -was deplored but the reference was not particularly to schools for the deaf. -We know of no opprobrium attached to - tha words "asylum" or "inmates. " Withdrawal of Pardon Power Suggested HILLSBORO. Or., Sept. 14. (To the Editor.) Oregon seems Jo be making a record In the darkest of crimes this year. The burning of human beings at the stake and the feeding of them to wild beasts during the dark agea are not to be compared with the unname tble crime committed at Scappoose, con sidered In the light of civilization then and now. We cannot help but believe that the light penalty attached to the violations of law is largely to blame for the increase of lawlessness in this enlightened age. Hell is the - only fit place for such a man who murdered that mother and child at . Scappoose, and he ought to be removed from this world as soon as found. We do hope that some member will get a measure through the Legislature which will deny the highest state official the pow er to commute or pardon or retain a criminal in the state when he is wanted tn another. JOSEPH BROCK. EvangeliBt. Katnrallxatton Law of United State. PORTLAND, Sept. 14. (To the Ed itor.) What nationality is a person born in the United States whose parents were born In Ireland but were natural-, ized on arrival here 7 What nationality is a person born in China of American parents? What nationality am I if I came from Ireland when a child and my parents were naturalized on arrival here? Am an Irishman or an American? SUBSCRIBER. L American. ' 2. American, if the parents resume residence in the United States before the child becomes of age. United States citizenship may be retained abroad If euch minor registers at the American consulate when 18 years of age and takes the oath of allegiance upon at taining his majority. 8. American in allegiance and citi zenship. "To the Manner Born." PORTLAND. Sept. 14. (To the Edi tor.) Which . is correct and where does it occur in the original? "As one to tne manner born" or "As one to the manor born." . A STUDENT. The words quoted are from' the fourth scene of the first act of Hamlet Shakespeare wrote. "Though I am na tive here and to the manner born, it Is a custom more honored in the breach than the observance." was speaking of the king's ca rousals. Some critics write "manor" instead of "manner" but common sense Clearly Indicates that the latter read ing Is correct Two Borea. New York gun. Tha man who mnrmurs. "Isn't it hotr Is pretty hard to beat. But he's second to the ona who sayst 'I never fael tha heat." Country Town Sayings by Ed Howe (Copyright. 1911. by Guorse Matthew Adams) When a woman looks at her husband, she can't understand why he isn't pres ident of a National bank, with big un divided profits, and a big surplus. But a man can understand it. Tou cannot hear abuse constantly without believing some of it. Possibly that's the reason all of us have worse reputations than we deserve. I've about concluded that the only thing to do with a fool is to keep out of his way as much as possible. Every man Is a preacher and his con gregation is- composed cf those with whom he comes in intimate contact every day. A mother often yells at the children when he feels like hlttinar them. How many outrages are you com pelled to submit to? I venture to guess four or rive, at least. , T Ti i nntli.0il thnt fl S ROOtl flS a WOm- an becomes prominent in any way, or makes money, she usually applies for a divorce from her husband. A bald man says he doesn't care, but he does. Are the people fair? Tes, finally. But the trouble Is. they are too slow. After a woman has passed her 35th birthday, she really should stop saying, "When I am married," and say, "Had I married." Half a Century Ago (From the Oregonian Sept 16, 1861.) Yesterday morning about 4 o'clock the dwelling house of H. S. Jacobs, on . the corner of Fourth and Morrison, was forcibly entered by some person for the purpose of robbery. Mr. Jacobs was awakened by the opening of the . doors and endeavored to secure the man as he came Into his own chamber, but was unsuccessful. The Courthouse at Albany was burned to the ground yesterday morn ing at. 2 o'clock. All the Important papers were In the safe, so it hoped they will be saved. The fire was un doubtedly the work of an incendiary. At the last dates the telegraph was finished from the East to within 400 miles of Salt Lake City. A card Is published In the San Fran cisco Bulletin signed by leading ' Re publicans acknowledging the services of Union Democrats In securing the ' election of Stanford. One hundred and ten thousand dol lars In gold dust was brought down In the steamer on Friday night a weekly -contribution from the Nez Perce mines. Homes For Aged. ' CANBT, Or., Sept. 14. (To the Edi tor). Will you please tell me how many homes there are in Portland for the aged; if all of them receive botn men and women; If not, which receive men and which women? Are there any for men only? Please advise me how and where to address them. OLD SUBSCRIBER. There are three homes for old people In Portland. . They are: Mount St Joseph Home for the Aged, Easi Thirtieth and Stark streets;. Old Peo ples' Home (Non-sectarian), East Thirty-third and Sandy Road; Patton Home, 975 Michigan avenue. All these Institutions are for men and. women. There Is no home for aged men ex clusively. Information concerning these can be had by addressing them as above. Powers of Municipal Judge, FOREST GROVE, Or., Sept. 13. (To the Editor.) Has Judge Tazwell. the municipal Judge of the city of Port land, Or., Jurisdiction to try a case of burglary? What cases come under hij Jurisdiction? A SUBSCRIBER. The Municipal Judge has no power to try felony, cases. He may hear pre liminary evidence and hold to the grand Jury or dismiss a case of this nature. Misdemeanors, Including drunk enness, disorderly conduct, etc.,- coma vnder his Jurisdiction. George Ade ,and Sir A. Conan Doyle Their Biggest Success in THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN Fables in Slang George" Ada's newest and funniest fables are in many respects better than his first series, which made him fa mous. The 1911 "fables of the collision between Steve and the Sumptuary Legislation will ap pear tomorrow.' Sherlock Holmes The cele brated detective character solves another profound and intricate mystery Sunday, in ' ' The Adven ture of the Yellow Face." Com plete, with illustrations, in the . one issue. News Snapshots Camera tales relating to people and events re cently in the publio eye. Reforestation An interesting half page on an important big task which the Government has taken up in Oregon. Illustrated with photos. Muzzling the War Dogs Au illustrated article recording fully the progress and present status of tne world-wide peace move ment. Time Tames Mary MicLane An interesting study of the wom arf who, as a girl of 19, wrote a book that startled, not to say shocked, the whole country. - Music Another popular song hit, "The Bull-Frog and the Coon." ( The Moran Twins The divert ing tale of an office boy and his perplexing "double." Hunting An illustrated half page that every nimrod will want to read. New adventures by Widow Wise, Sambo and Mr. Twee Dee die. MANY OTHER FEATURES