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STATE BIGHTS It ZZLE.
We shall watch with Interest for the
final and definite aland of the Wilson
Administration on the doctrine of
state's rights now that it has been re
vived in a rigid form by Governor
Johnson and the California Legisla
ture. In the early daya of the Japan
ese controversy President Wilson very
plainly, conceded the right of Cali
fornia to adopt any land tenure laws
she pleased. He has not definitely
reversed his opinion but rather has
urged California not to Insist on In
voking that right In a manner that
mill embarraa the Nation.
The stand of the leading excluslon
im in California is that denial to
Japanese of the privilege of land
holding is Incidental because of the
general terms of the proposed law and
is legitimate under our dual form of
government. Mr. Wilson Is practically
agreed -with the California excluslon
ists In this particular.
But digressing to railroad rates we
find that a contention -very similar in
regard to state's rights is combated
by Attorney-General McReynolds of
Mr. Wilson's Cabinet and that a de
cision of the Inter-State Commerce
Commission of the same tenor was
written by Mr. Lane, who has since
become Secretary of the Interior, by
Mr. Wilson's appointment.
The issue in the railroad rate cases
Involves the power of Congress and
the Interstate Commerce Commission
to remove discrimination caused by
Intrastate railroad rates lower than in
terstate rates which have been held
to be reasonable. In other words. Mr.
McReynolds and Mr. Lane, both of
the President's advisory family, deny
the authority of the state to enact
legislation applying only within the
state but which indirectly but never
theless positively Interferes with the
authority of the Federal Government.
On the other hand the President con
cedes to California power to enact a
law distinctly Intrastate in Its appli
cation but nevertheless a constructive
denial of the superior authority of
the Federal Government.
It will be noted that the Adminis
tration is not saying to Minnesota and
Texas in the railroad rate controversy:
"Tou can interfere with .interstate
commerce but please don't, for the
good of the country." The narrow
view of state's rights has heretofore
led to inconsistencies and grievous
trouble. It is Just possible that if the
President had not encouraged Cali
fornia with an opinion that the state
was within its authority in Its pro
posed enactment, the significant trip
of Mr. Bryan to the Coast would have
been unnecessary.
ovk crr-ovER um.
The term "cut-over" i preferable to
logged-off" in referring to lands
from which timber has been removed,
for the reason that the latter is likely
to confuse the newcomer who would
naturally suppose that land logged-off
Is free from logs. This may be true
in Isolated cases, where the standing
timber has been uniformly good,
where there were no windfalls or
trees which had died from old age or
other causes. But as a rule our cut
over lands, that is. lands from which
the merchantable timber has been cut,
have upon them a very large number
of old logs, aome of them perhaps fit
for firewood, some that would do for
posts, but most of them In a partial
ctate of decay.
Taking our cut-over lands in the vi
cinity of Portland, there are on many
acres several hundred tons of these
Jogs, and In addition there are the
tumps and on much land a heavy
growth of brush and small trees
raying nothing about a network of
ferns that would tax man's ingenuity
to penetrate without slashing.
There Is no doubt that this portion
of the country has been held back be
caose we have thus, far found no eco
nomical and expeditious way to clear
these lands and bring them to a con
dition ready for the plow. The unin
formed, when he sees where a man
has lived on a piece of land for a
quarter of a century or longer and
has only a small portion of it cleared.
Is apt to think the owner is a ne'er-do-well.
If the one so thinking would
clear an acre or two he would find It
the hardest work he ever undertook.
He would probably come to the con
clusion that the best way to clear such
lands la to have one's grandfather be
gin the work In his boyhood days.
Many men have experimented In
ways to cheapen this clearing,
which now oftener costs in excess of
1 100 per acre than less, and we hail
as benefactors all who have devoted
time, energy or money to the solution
of the problem. . The charplttlng
method has accomplished much good,
will accomplish more as the method Is
better understood. The donkey en
gine has been brought Into play with
good results, and better results will
follow, for some of our foremost stu
dents of the subject, like Mr. F. B:
Holbrook. are laboring Incessantly to
get an engine that will do several
times what the old ones did and at
less cost. '
The powder manufacturers are Im
proving their methods, the blow
pipe manufacturers are achieving sue.
cess, they assert, along their lines, and
now here come two practical and skill,
ful engineers and aver that by the use
of electricity they will be able greatly
to reduce the cost. These men, Walter
H. Graves and H. G. Rich, are at work
near Rainier. Mr. Holbrook's field of
operations Is near Goble. only a fow
miles from Rainier, and the best work
of the charpitler has been done rear
Chehalls. across the Columbia a few
miles. So the workers are in close
touch with each other, and it may be
tho clearing of the fa lure will be done
by some method worked out conjoint
ly, using the best portions' of each
system.
The Oregonian has been for years
much interested In furthering any
method that would bring these lands
there are several million acres in
Western Washington and Western
Oregon Into readier cultivation, and
we look upon these men andall who
join them or attempt other methods
as public benefactors.
A Bt'LL MOOSE EXCVSE.
Your true Progressive Is a good deal of
an Independent and he Is not very keen on
partisanship In local affaire. He la dis
posed to vote for the beat men Irrespective
nf the label ther wear, and he carea very
little wherher hi party put up a candi
date or not. So the Progressive voto doea
not appear a a distinct factor In the elec
tion, but la likely to be merited with that
of the other parties.
The reactlonariea are welcome to all tha
consolation they can net out of tha poor
showing- made under the Progressive name
In most of thla Spring' local election.
California Outlook.
If such be the attitude of the true
Progressive, the party is misnamed.
Partisan disarmament may be wise in
some local affairs, but until It is ac
complished by general agreement the
neglect by one party to present its
best men for office leaves an import
ant issue In elections to be settled by
a portion of the electorate.
Uefore good men can be elected to
office good men must be nominated.
The Progressives cannot honestly par.
ticipate in a Republican or Demo
cratic convention or primary. So
called Independence in this particular
is therefore partial self-disenfranchise-ment.
Selection of candidates is left
to others and the choice among avail
able men Is thereby narrowed.
Still we do not believe that this
kind of Independence accounts for the
poor showing of the Progressive
party In local elections. A somewhat
extended observation of practical pol
itics in the working has convinced us
that failure to participate in party
nominations Is generally due to con
scious nessofpartyweakness.
TIN APPAREL. '
Science has Just revealed another of
her rare and mystifying secrets. It
relates to silk. The silk our well-clad
women wear Isn't all silk. It is main
ly tin. Of course there Is some little
of that rare product of the silkworm's
labor in the fabric. But for that mat
ter there also is some sugar in It.
The dominating substance, however.
Is tin; common, ordinary, unpreten
tious, plebeian tin.
The fact Isn't in the nature of a
new discovery. It appears that manu
facturers have been conversant with
the secret for a long while and have
kept it carefully guarded because of
its value to them. But now that It
is out the silk men admit It and ex
press surprise that the knowledge
didn't get out long ago.
It Is strange, indeed, that our sus
nioinn woren't aroused, for after all
there is a similarity between the
sound disturbances produced by tin
rikntinnt anH those that come from
the rustling silken folds of the fash
ionably attired. This effect on xne
auditory,organs Is not surprising when
learn that the percentage of tin in
silk runs as high as the sixty mark.
The preponderance does not occur in
the filmy fabric or ugnt weave, out in
th heavier silks. Sugar Is used in
stead to adulterate the lighter fabrics
and cut down the cost to the manu-
roturoi. Which is a surprising tning
in itself when one regards the high
cost of sugar. We should think the
manufacturers would rtnd a nay io
utilize salt.
x mnt Interestintr sidelight on tne
ingenuity of the silk manufacturers
th etnnlrlltv of the rest of us Is
afforded by the matter. We have
been protecting tne hk men on me
theory that competition at home
niH hullii ii n the industry and cut
the cost. It did. But the crafty man.
ufacturers when they quotea suit at
Increased the Quantity
of tin. Had the trick proceeded to
its limit doubtless our women eventu
ally would have been (wearing tin
n.ict. st silk nrlres and the hard-
driven husband would be called upon
to solder the dress up tne dbck, or
apply the family can-opener, as oc
casion might require
THE FORESTRY SERVICE.
Tha rhnrirea made against the
Forestry Service by Daniel W. Adams,
who had for five years been an ex
inmtiprmiui in the department.
simply bear out what has often been
said by The. Oregonian. me service
Is honeycombed with Incompetent
men. at least In the field, and It is
with these men that the public comes
mostly in contact- Thus the service
i nftln fmind in dlsrenute: but when.
ever a newspaper or an individual at-
tempts to tell the trutn aooui inese
shortcomings the officials at once raise
the cry that the v estern people wani
the forest reserves turned over to
tt, .versai states in which they are
situated. As a matter of fact the
number of people in those states who
wish that or any change in the theo
retical policy of the service Is mighty
.matt Rut th number who wish
changes, great changes in administra
tion. Is very large, embracing prac
ionHv nil who are well posted on the
methods pursued by the service.
Mr. Adams cites a specmc cae
where it cost the Government at the
. f 1700 to sell 1100 worth of
timber. There is a case well known In
Oregon iwhere the cost of selling
stum page was Just about In that pro
portion. The trouble in both instances
was incompetency, brought about by
the unwinding of red tape by
theorists who knew nothing about tim
ber, standing or in the shape of logs
or lumber. In the Oregon case the
mlllmen who bought the lumber ac
complished with an expert lumberman
and two assistants, at an expense of
less than 1100, what it tooK tnree
i mn to do for the Government
at a cost of ten times as much.
and the outcome was mat tne lorestry
service spotted almost Identically the
same trees as did the lumberman and
his assistants.
The people of the West somehow
think that they know ' more about
Western conditions than do the peo
ple of the East. We of the West be
v that n man who has worked for
several years in a logging camp, even
as an underling, knows more about
timber than any youth -freshly gradu
ated from Tale, Harvard or other
university.
As to the friction caused by use
less and unwarranted dilator" tactics
where a settler endeavors to take a
homestead on agricultural land with
in a reserve that is a story In it
self. And really there Is where the
principal trouble Is constantly brew
lnr between the people of the West
anri th forestrv service. The officials
say the lands will soon be classified
and all that is fit for settlement will
then be thrown open for entry, inai
is a promise. The Western . people
hope it may come true, out none are
optimistic enough to look for it in the
near future
DR. OSLUR'S .LATEST EPIGRAM.
Dr. Osier is in deep water again, his
predicament once more being the pro
duct of his epigrammatic inclination.
This time he does not touch on the
gentle topic of chloroforming Individ
uals at a certain stage of maturity,
but aims his Parthian darts at prayer.
"Ninety per cent of our fellow creature."
iy he. when in trouble. Borrow or ickne
trut to charm, incantation and to the
saint. Many a hrlne ha more follower
than Fanteur; many a aaint more believer
than I.latrr. Mentally, the race I tl In
leading string-."
From many quarters this latest
epigram is being denounced by the
devout in bitter words. Cardinal Gib
bons has announced that he would ask
the learned doctor to detract. From
many pulpits fiery denunciation has
issued. The dignified and scholarly
doctor finds himself alone, too, in fac
ing the commotion, for it appears that
those scientists and philosophers who
agree with him remain strangely silent
In the hour of trouble.
But Just why the doctor should be
pounced upon for his latest observa
tion Is not clear. His epigram Is
merely a matter of abstract observa
tion and . proves nothing unless it
proves that the doctors are inclined to
be Jealous of the curative powers
of the saints. Why shouldn't the
idealists combat Dr. Osier with his
own weapons? Why not reflect that
the trust of our fellow mortals turns
to the infinite very often when the
doctors have done their best or
worst and failed? Why not point
out to the learned doctor that faith
has performed present-day miracles
in such cases? Why. not call his
attention to the fact that thous
ands of pilgrims have at shrines been
marvelously cured of multitudinous
ailments?
The doctor would attribute it to
the power of suggestion, of course,
and call In his friend the neurologist
to prove his point. But anyway such
questions would throw him on the de
fensive so far as his viewpoint Is con
cerned, and the exchange of courte
sies would be less unequal.
THE . PRE-8rra-RAGETTE8.
Moderns who enjoy the delicious
thrills of horror' that one naturally ex
periences while reading about the
enormities of the suffragettes are dis
posed to. plume themselves as if no
hn'v sIm had ever been favored In the
same way. But a little attention to
history shows that we are not the only
ronorntinn who have enioved suffra
gette excitements. Our ancestors were
blessed In much the same way. inougti
the cause of the disturbance was some
what different In form, it was Identi
cal in substance.
One remarkable Instance of what
. mnv rnll nre-suffraaette outrages
occurred in England in the year 1739.
The celebrated Lady Mary Wortley
Montague gives an account of it In one
Ho., lottoru A blue-stocking her
self and supposed to be rather, "ad
vanced. Lady Mary was at nean a
conservative and she properly ab
horred her syndicalistic sisters who
preferred direct action to prayers and
tears. On a certain occasion the
nromon hoil been forbidden to enter
the gallery of the House of Lords.
There was to be a debate on tne most
fascinating subject in the world and
it was deemed discreet to exclude
them, partly for the sake of their mor
als, partly to repress their too lively
oi.rtrvairv On learnlne: of this dis
crimination against their sex a num
ber of aristocratic women oeterminea
to rebel.
Tha onncnirnrv ae-alnst law and or
der included such personages as the
Duchess or tjueensDerry, J-iay ei
moreland and Lady Archibald Hamil
ton. There were many others almost
aa exalted whom we omit for want of
space, though it would be a great sat
isfaction to print their illustrious
names. When the time came for the
debate to begin these hign-Dorn
dames besieged the door of the Lords'
chamber. They tried to bribe the
doorkeeper. They pounded on the
adamantine portal with their delicate
nut rttit It wa all In vain. Both
the door and the Lords on the other
side of It were obdurate, and It seemed
for a while as if the ladies would be
inglorlously defeated. But they stood
their ground, knowing that the door
must be opened berore long to aamu
the Commons, who had been invited
to hear the debate.
When at last the portals turned on
their sacred hinges the Duchess of
Queensberry rushed in with her gal
tont tmnn find seized uDon the front
seats in the gallery. The unhappy
Commons were compelled to grin their
discontent from the back row. During
the debate the ladles snowed tneir
AnmtAmnt fnr law and order by deri
sive snickers, which terribly embar
rassed the orators. One of them.
Lord Hervey. fairly lost his head and
stuttered away into disgraceful si
lence. This may have been the first, truly
typical suffragette performance in
Rntrlnnd but the spirit It manifested
was as old as the nation. Up to the
time of the Puritans women and men
.ninvnH shout the same amenities in
English life. The law made some se
vere property distinctions Between
them, and of course no women were
on n "parliament, but in other par
ticulars they had substantially the
same privileges. England never has
seen any reason why a woman should
not be its sovereign. Ellzabetn was
not only Queen, but she ruled with
more than masculine rigor, lording it
wr her courtiers with relentless tyr
anny. In her day the Idea that
woman's brain was not adapted to
masculine . studies had never been
thnneht of. Queen Elizabeth was a
good Latin scholar, and her unfortu
nate rival. Lady Jane Grey, Knew
11. Lord Bacon's mother was
an excellent classical scholar. Women
rtirf nnt attend men's colleges, but they
studied the same books and acquired
the same Intellectual ouiiook. ine
world never produced a more sol
dierly mind than that of Mary Queen
of Scots, who was more man nan
rmnnh hv hlood and temperament.
and who practiced direct action as dill,
gently as Mrs. Pankhurst. The age of
t.iwnhth was particularly feminist all
over Europe as far as rulers and peo
ple of influence was concerned.- iae
ciritsn mm of the sex had not yet
penetrated the nations and the old
Ideals of the cainonc unurcn sun pre
vailed.
That democratic and all-inclusive
church made pretty nearly as much of
women as of men irom very eariy
times. To be sure, they were excluded
from some ecclesiastical dignities, but
they might become abbesses, saints
and teachers. The anti-feminist spirit
r th primitive Christian community
was so quickly overcome that even in
Constantine's time women were power.
ful In churchly councils. t. Monica
is hardly less famous than her' great
son Augustine. St. Francis stands side
by side with St. Claire in history. The
dearest friends and earliest supporters
of St. Ignatius Loyola were women. It
is often mistakenly said that the as
ceticism of the monks was aimed at
women. It might as w-ell be said that
the severities of the convents were
aimed at men.' In both cases they
were aimed at the common enemy; the
devil, who "was as eager to capture a
soul of one sex as of the other. With
the Reformation a great change came
over tire world's estimate of women.
The Protestant nations, at least, were
led back ' temporarily, to the views of
Paul and Moses and women were
forced down into the position- which
Milton assigned them both in. "Para
dise Lost" and in his household. It
was a position . of - contemptible inferi
ority. Milton :was shrewd enough to
make Eve far more sensible than her
silly husband, but she' Is always exhib
ited as his cringing slave.
THE rEXDLETOV ' ROCSD-l'F.
The dates fixed for the Round-up
this year are September 11, 12 and 13.
While these dates conflict somewhat
with those set for- fairs In Eastern
Washington, the j Round-up officials
have, they assert, done the best they
could for all parties. . If this is true,
and it seems to be, there should be no
hard feelings engendered by the ac
tions of the Pendleton people.
. The Pendleton Round-up has grown
in a r.w ehort vears to be the premier
innrtinir event of- the year, and it
grows better and better. Many won
der how it Is that such is the case, but
It is not difficult to understand when
we consider, that it is not a money
making show. It is, like the Rose
Festival, run' for the benefit of the
community.
When the Round-up association was
formed a few dozen of the leading
citizens contributed J100 each to start
the show, and it was a success. The
donors gave not only their money but
their time, and every dollar taken in
was accounted for in prizes, legitimate
expenses or betterments of the plant.
Now they have splendid grounds, elab.
orate grandstands and every needful
accessory and all belong to the city.
Therefore the inception and carry
ing out of the plans were a work of
civic pride. Such work usually pays,
though not often so well as it has in
Pendleton. Not all promoters are so
successful in devising good shows.
It Is now . not a question .with the
officials as to whether the coming
event will be a success it Is a ques
tion of caring for the 20,000 or 30,000
people who will gather almost during
a night to witness the events. That
is the principal difficulty, but as they
have succeeded so far in entertaining
their guests reasonably well it is pret
ty certain they will do as well or bet
ter this Fall.
THE PRACTICAL GREEKS.
Of making books about Greece there
is no end. and usually they are inter-otinn-
.Tho -current number of the
Independent reviews five new ones.
Four of them are technical studies oi
M.n. ont historv desiened perhaps
for scholars but full of attraction for
everybody who cares about tne sources
of our civilization.. The fifth treats of
"The Greek Genius," which in various
modified forms Is the genius of the
modern world. We do not care ' so
much for pure beauty as the ancient
Greeks did, but their philosophy, their
disposition to peer into tne unm."-..
and traverse forbidden ground, their
love of Action In literature and fact in
practice are all as lively now as they
were when Anaxagoras speculated on
the size of the sun. The debt we owe
to the Greeks Is simply Inestimable
and our gratitude to them ought to be
correspondingly lively. It would be
far more active than it is if so many
intelligent people had not been sick
ened of Greece and all its works in
their youth by being forced to study
its language.
The language of the Greeks retained
the cumbersome machinery which had
been brought down from savage inex
perience and ' pedantry. Extremely
beautiful and flexible, it was at the
same time disastrously involved. It
chooses laborious means to accomplish
simple ends. Their tongue was easy
for the Greeks' to learn because they
tackled it in babyhood and kept at It
all their lives, and had, besides, a lin
guistic intelligence which moderns
lack. But for us Greek Is virtually an
Impossible language. Its structure.
Involving a world of needless compli
cations. Is foreign to the modern
mood. We go to our ends directly,
both in work and in speech. The
Greeks were as direct as we are in
everything but speech. There they
lingered and meandered and dal
lied. When we make our young peo
ple approach the Greek genius by way
of the language we forever spoil their
taste for some of the brightest and
best things In the history of the world.
If the books of the Hellenes could al
ways be read in English and their vex
atious grammar swept out of the way
entirely, our college boys and girls
might study their civilization with vi
vacious eagerness and there would be
some hope of their learning to appre
ciate Its gifts to us.
With all their love of beauty the
Greeks were an admirably practical
people. Much as they loved art, they
never accepted the "art for art's sake
theory. All their pictures and statues,
as well as their buildings, worked di
rectly Into the routine of life. When
they erected a temple there was a god
to inhabit it and be worshiped there.
The ornaments related always to the
ritual of the deity or the civic routine
of the city. The Panathenaic proces
sion sculptured on the Parthenon
frieze actually took place periodically
and the figures might serve the practi.
cal purpose of showing future genera,
tlons how to arrange the march. So
it was with everything they did. Xot
a building was ever erected by the
Athenians merely to be looked at.
They would have ridiculed the idea of
such follv, but they made everything
they did well worth looking at- They
did not know nearly so much about
nature and her laws as we do, but they
faced the world manfully. They never
took the abject attitude of the Hin
doos toward the universe. Hence they
were not pessimists. The prevailing
tone of Greek life was Joy because
they felt well able to meet nature on
her own terms and come out victori
ous. As a matter of fact, they were
victorious. They had a slcentlfic ag
riculture which provided them with
food. They understood navigation per
fectly well and they could work metals
skillfully. This was all their dally life
required and they had scientific men
who were pushing. Into the unknown
as fast as new needs arose.
- In politics and religion the Greeks
were a great deal more practical than
the moderns. As soon as a defect be
came apparent in the government of
Athens the people set about correcting
It. .They seldom showed much regard
for an institution because it was old.
They, were ' more inclined to ask
whether It was useful or not, and if it
could not Justify Itself on that ground
It was promptly altered. The consti
tution of Athens was in constant
growth. England resembles Greece in
this particular more than any- other
modern nation. Incessant change is
an acknowledged part of the British
system, and because it is always ex
pected it comes without revolutionary
violence. England was the first of the
modern nations to put the Greek ref
erendum In practice. An act of Par
liament which is in dispute regularly
goes to the people for decision, Just as
It did at Athens.
But it waa in their religion that the
Hellenes showed their love of the
practical most forcibly. They had no
sacred books and for that reason were
bound to no inflexible theories of di
vine activity. Faith was as free to
develop among them as politics. They
were happy also In having several rival
oracles which uttered conflicting re
sponses so that-no ironclad belief in
infallibility grew up among them.
While they reverenced the gods, they
were not overawed by the superhu
man. In creating their divinities the
Greeks used the same practical sense
as in governing their cities. Zeus was
very mighty, but there was a power
above him to which he must bow when
the time came. Mercury was a thief.
Aphrodite was no better than she
should have been. All. the divinities
had their frailties and thus merged
smoothly into the life of Imperfect
man. The Greek trusted to his reason
for guidance in daily affairs instead
of looking to a theoretical code. The
fact that his civilization flourished for
more than a thousand years and pro
duced works which have never been
rivaled proves that his rule of life w-as
not the worst in the world, though, of
course, we may have a better one.
CNION, OREGON, LIVESTOCK SHOW. '
Union County farmers and stockmen
have prospered wonderfully of late
years by growing and selling line
stock, horses, cattle and sheep, prin
cipally, but there are also breed
ers of goats and Shetland ponies.
Taking the county, as a whole and
comparing the number of men en
gaged in the livestock business with
the number-in other counties, it Is
safe to say that Union stands well at
the head. If it Is not the actual leader
In production of pure bred stock in
Oregon.
This ; success ' has been attained
largely through the annual livestock
shows held in the little city of Union,
which events have come to be so
notable that they lead all others of
the kind now held In the state, and
the attendance year by year steadily
increases, while the sales made grow
faster than the attendance.
Thl. venr the show will be held on
June 5, 6 and 7, and It will well re
pay anyone at all interested in the
development of Oregon to attend. Re
momhor thin is not a sDorting event in
any sense of the word. It is simply
a meeting where the Dreeders oi
Eastern Oregon, particularly of Union
County, bring out their best stock and
try to win a blue ribbon. There one
will see as good stock as one can find
at any show in the West.
At the time this show Is to De neia
the Grande Ronde Valley will be at
its .very best, and surely It is one of
the' beautv spots of Oregon during
the rrowing season. So it will be well
worth the time and expense of any
progressive citizen to go to union at
ih tirno, mentioned. He who does-so
will return fully convinced that Ore
gon Is producing a lot of mighty tine
livestock.
ImVia aaa rl fir Rrvce's farewell ad
dress, while kindly and breathing good
will, brings home to us the fact that
. xatf,in i- nrA hie- rich, and in
clined to be selfish, shortsighted, im
provident, arrogant and provincial,
while at the same time few of us sus
pect these shortcomings.
A Baltimore court rules that a rich
resident of that place .must continue
paying heavy alimony to his wife who
has remarried. Thus he not only Is
compelled to support his late wife, but
also his successor.
Saloonkeepers In a Wisconsin town
have thrown their places open for
nightly revival meetings. Are they
trying to ruin their own business or
do they find that business is stimu
lated thereby?
Local firemen have Invented a de
vice that sounds the fire alarm, turns
on tho llcht.x in the fire station and
sets the fire autos ready to move. All
that is lert for tne liremen js to put
out the fire. '
Grog is driven from the Canal zone
by order of the Secretary of War.
Apparently he wishes to hold up his
end with the Secretary of the Navy,
who recently banished "port" from
the Navy.
London suffragists will court-martial
one of their number for alleged
treason-. If found guilty she should
be sentenced to peel a potato and wash
the dishes.
. 1
The Governor-Generalship of the
Philippines has Just been declined. It
would seem that Jobs are being offered
only to those who don't want them.
Xow that he "has abandoned free
treatment and charges, $20 per, pro
fessional opposition to Dr. irieamann
appears to have died out.
a Mirnior Armv officer at the head
of the old Third Regiment .will quickly
reclaim that once-prouo commana
from its plight.
Even If food values aren't going
flown, the rattle of lawnmowers here
abouts remind us that there is a big
cut in grass.
v.n, Vn.lr snonrlo Si 000.000 A. VeflT
nr. wimr vhlhitions. an athletic re
port shows. How much on literature
and art?
Mao Garden says she hates photo
graphers. Then why does she spend
about four-fifths of her time with
them?
The International Shoe Company is
accused of under-paying its girl work
ers. Has the shoe corporation no
soul?
If tranaulllity can only be main
tained until Mr. Bryan reaches Sacra
mento tomorrow all will be well.
-Rui'dina- activities and active in
vestment confound the pessimists who
Just can't kill Oregon prosperity.
Rose Festival plans are beginning to
creep Into. the headlines.
PRKSS VIEWS ON JAB PROBLEM
California Bill Condemned as Contrary
to Constitution. -
Eastern newspapers, almost without
exception, condemn the California alien
land ownership bill. Some hope that
Secretary Bryan will bring California
to reason. Nearly all declare the bill
a violation of the Federal Constitution,
and srjme look to the courts to amend
it. Fear is expressed by some that the
whole subject of naturalization of
Japanese will be opened, and one the
New York Globfj recommends that the
whole matter be settled by means of a
Federal law making Japanese eligible
for citizenship.
What California Muat I.esrn.
Chicago Tribune.
It is time for the people of that state
(California) and for its press and its
representatives In government to
realize that California is a part of the
United -States. That means not only
rights and privileges. It means re
sponsibilities. A community has no
more moral right to ride rough shod
over the interests of the whole Nation
I than a single citizen nas.
Discrimination Cntiaea Protest.
New York Mai!.
Any American state has the same
ripht to exclude aliens Trom land
ownership that Japan possesses and
exercises. No foreign state can rea
sonably object to the exercise of that
rlfrht. , ,
But that is not what Japan Is doing.
Her objection is to a discrmination
against Japanese in the land owner
ship laws of California. - ...
No conclusion Is possible, except that
the California law is. and Is Intended
to be, a discrimination against Jap
anese and Chinese.
I.lmlt Japs to CHIaenshlp.
New York Globe.
What is the remedy? Not the
coercion of California. Not the estab
lishment of a precedent that seems In
derogation of legitimate state rights.
The remedy is to be sought at Wash
ington and not at Sacramento. It is
the Federal Government that writes tha
naturalization laws. What Is needed, as
was pointed out by President Roose
velt in 190S, Is a lew specifically al
lowing the naturalization of the Jap
anese. Then California can pass the
identical bill that Is pending and no
excitement will be caused. President
Wilson has an opportunity to take the
lead in behalf of a measure of states
manship that will remove a persistent
cause of Irritation.
RlKht of Cltlsenshlp Raised.
New York Sun.
As the Japanese, to avoid complica
tions, have not insisted upon the right
of all their citizens to enter the United
States, there may be wonder that they
should take exception to a proposed
state law under which Japanese sub
jects could own land for a year and
lease It for five years, which would be
sufficient for most purposes of trade;
but the trouble Is that in trying to
evade the treaty the California leg
islators have brought out into the open
the delicate question of the right of
Japanese to become American citizens,
which right the Japanese government
claims, but has not asserted.
Court Muat Decide Question.
Brooklyn Eaglp.
The California Legislature is prac
tically proposing to nullify a plain pro
vision of the Federal Constitution.
We are convinced that the Wilson
Administration will not fall in Its duty
to command respect for Federal trea
ties and the obligations they entail.
Sir Bryan's message to Governor
Johnson strengthens that conviction.
If the government of Japan should
consent to waive its rights under the
treaty of 1911. well and good: but until
it does so. state legislation which con
flicts with that treaty, and. therefore,
with the Constitution of the United
t n nana the OTOCa!
of the United States courts, to which
it must ultimately te reierrca.
Violation Will Be Prevented.
Chleasro Record-Herald.
Mobs are mobs everywhere, and no
. i - , .. Amoriran will blame the
Japanese government or the Intelligent
elements oi me
for the inflammatory anti-American
throats of-war indulged In by
cheap and ignorant demagogues.
Is it being maue ciem , "T
the United States Government, includ-
,.AI)rio IB nreDared and re
solved to enforce every treaty right of
the Japanese? It taiiiorni
passes a bill Involving a vlolat on of
. .wh aomethinir which no
any lice ".j ,.e"- " " . . . .
one ought to assume in advance trial
violation can ana win ..- p.
by proper proceedings. Is this fully
understood in Japan?
Treaty Must Control.
New York Tribune.
The truth is that the present asser
tion of a state right in flat contraven
tion of the Nation's treaty creates an
utterly untenable situation. Three
times now within a few years the prac
tice has brought the country to the
verge of strained relations with a
friendly power. The time is certainly
ripe for laying this recurring ghost of
state rights once and for all. If "we
are not to have repeated situations like
the present one. the Nation's authority
must be asserted with all the force of
the Nation's power and the supremacy
of the treaty power, as established In
the Federal Constitution placed upon a
basis that no state will have the hardi
hood to question.
The statute pending in the California
Legislature is a plain violation of the
treaty of 1911 with Japan. That treaty
Is a clear and legitimate exercise of a
National function. The treaty must
control. A resort to the courts is the
constitutional method of establishing
hat supremacy.'
Naturalisation Iaaue Mr Come.
SprinKfleld Republican.
The California legislation seems
susceptible of a plausible legal defense
because the racial discrimination it
carries is based on the Federal nat
uralization law, under which Japanese
have never been permitted to secure
naturalization in this country. And
the power over naturalization is. abso
lute with any government, except in
sofar as it may be modified by treaty.
The discrimination our Federal law
makes against Japanese as well - as
Chinese in regard to naturalization is
a wound to their National pride, amd
one of the unfortunate aspects of the
California legislation is that it forces
the Japanese government to take up
i .A v. v. A T-nitAit states Gov-
an iwu-. - -
ernment which it has hitherto sought
to ignore. The naturalization ques
tion might give no trouble so long as
Immigration were kept at a minimum;
vet a state law aimed at the Japanese
in land ownership may easily force to
. - nn tuith Vi a inriirfl.11zation and
the Immigration questions In their
most dangerous torm.
BrldRre bosses Lnd to society.
Baltimore American.
"How on earth did Mrs. Mlllyuns ever
buy her way Into society? With her
money?" "With that and tact." "Tact?"
"Yes. She always lost at bridge."
The Pnrt of Yon Thnfs Buried.
Philadelphia Record. ,
OnnA mn ti T-rt riTTtlM Of havintf
descended from their ancestors, and
others boast of having risen aDove
them.
A Very Easy Husband.
Detroit Free Press.
t'T i.nn v htiahflTlil Ofl R V to ITpt nJOn&T
.riiiit" "Ranif? Whv he doesn't even
object to going to church suppers."
Scraps aid Jingles
Br "Leone Caaa IJner.
OMEN adopt masculine attire, "
suit, eh?
Would you call splitting the kitty
vivisection?
See where there is an agitation on
to play only classical music in dining
places. Rose Bloch Bauer suggests
Chopin for chop-houses.
Just read announcement that a mem
ber of nobility has written a novel
called "A Bit of a Fool." The publish
ers say it is not autobiographical.
Doesn't seem that a safe robbery
could be much of a risk, does it?
The HnirdreiMter'a Kerenae.
My gentleman fren has cut my eoul
Clean to the quirk.
He took another lady to a picture show.
She makes me sick!
I had a thought of murder in my head;
Gee I was sore.
To me he temporarily Is dead.
Revenge! 1 roar.
On Saturdays she comes into my shop
For a shampoo.
Also I give her a grand massage.
Fix her nails, too.
Then all my jealousy will outburst;
My wrath will rise
In one huge splash but listen, first,
I'm wise. I'm wise!
With sweetest smile and manner bland
She will be greeted.
And I'll strap her In with cunning hand
Once she is seated.
Then I'll begin with fiendish cara
To rub off skin.
And make four shades too red her hair,
.And scrape her chin!
Then In a fury uncontrolled
I'll soap her eyes
And splash her with water icy cold.
(She's half my sltte).
Next the vibrator I'll use. of coursa
T'wlll shriek my hate 2 2 I
As I chase it with resistless forca
O'er face and pate.
With ghastly glee her nails I'll trim.
Oh I've it planned
So that for weeks she cannot scratch
With either hand;
And while she writes and squirms
I'll speak up smart
And ask her what's her reason for
Breaking my heart.
Resistance will be quite In vain
I've got her beat.
She'll have to swear to give you up.
Revenge is sweet!
Only dead men are above reproach.
Or beyond reproaches.
The tipping system can never be en
tirely abolished as long as billiardlsts
tip their cues.
"Can you eat nuts?" asked "little Kate
With a amile like dawn.
"No." her grandma dear replied,
"All my teeth are gone."
Then," responded little Kate,
With a cherub's smile,
"I will leave all mine with you
While I go play a while."
A Portland Mrs. Malaprop says she
always thought Shakespeare was a
butcher gentleman because she remem
bers hearing her grandfather say he
bought Lamb's Tales of Shakespeare.
A landlady exclaimed In dismay.
'So the star boarder's been taken away
By Uncle Sam's Navy. i,
But I tell you by gravy. m
With star boarders it cannot get gay.
Woman wrote to ask me what sec
tion of Ioway I came from? I think It
was the comic section.
When I Tead a headline like this:
"Miss M. JL'tten Stue says she prefers
a career to babies," I always find one
glance at the picture accompanying It
is self explanatory.
.. Sunshine,
Storm. -
Can't keep
Warm.
Flannels
Off.
Sneeze,
Cough.
Sun's
Rays
Almost
Pheaze.
Derned
Hot.
Fever
Got
Muggy,
Mean.
Grass
Green.
Little
Cheer
Windy Drear.
Flowers
Sprout
Lambkins
Out,
Love
Buds.
Poetry
Floods.
Birds
Sing.
Onions
Spring.
Month so
Bum
APRIL'S
Come.
TTn-iiniHhlv I read. "Deaf mutes
wed." Now, that Is what I call a quiet
wedding.
EDUCATION OF DEAF CHILDRE.V.
More Than One Method Should be
lcd. Says Deaf Man.
PORTLAND, April 24. (To the Edi
tor.) In her article in The Ore
gonian April 21, concerning the edu
cation of deaf children, Mrs. C. A.
Ward, in my opinion, displays so little
knowledge about the subject that I ara
Impelled to answer. In most educa
tional institutions for the deaf today
there is more than' one method em
ployed, but Mrs. Ward and associates
would employ only a single method,
which Is the pure oral, and which ap
peals so strongly to the vanity and
selfishness of parents, relatives and
friends of deaf children, although the
results are discouraging. I am deaf,
so is my wife. We have been edu
cated both orally and manually and
have seen hundreds of children edu
cated likewise. When the greatest good
to the greatest number is considered a
combination of methods accomplished
what no single method alone could do.
Mrs. Ward asserts she and her asso
ciates studied the question before de
ciding to follow their present course.
It's evident they did and the bulk of
the literature and Influence that dom
inated this undertaking came from peo
ple who advocated the use of the pure
oral method. These people piay mruusi)
on parental love and pride when in
justice to the children as a whole and
their future welfare the truth should
be told.
In quoting statistics favoring speech
teaching, Mrs. Ward does not gain any
thing. Speech teaching Is included in
the combined system, which is a union
of all methods that are found to aid In
the education of all deaf children. But
the use of speech teaching alone as
practiced at the local school is not
modern, because it is a single method
and fails to reach all deaf children. The
superintendents of our state schools for
the deaf can give some illuminating de
tails on that point. That the tendency
of the age is to bring school and home
closer together Is well known but I
doubt that in bringing this about there
is a willingness to impair or sacrifice
the amount of the education given the
youth of our land today. Of all chil
dren, the deaf need all the education
they can get. W. F. SCHNEIDER.