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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 13, 1912)
FRIDAY Dec. 13, lQiz ditoAal Page o f The Salem Capital Joamal The .Capital Journal Published The Barnes -Taber Company GRAHAM P. TAI5ER, Editor and Manager An Independent Newspaper Devoted to American Principles and the Progress and Development of Salem In Particular and All Oregon in General I'uhllnbed Kvery Evening Except Kundny, Hiilrm, Orexon SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (Inrnrlnlily In Advance) Dally, by Currier, per year ...3.20 Ter month.. 45c Dillv, by Mall, per year 4.00 I'er month.. SISc Weekly, by Mall, per year .... 1.00 HI montlia.SOc Ktll.L, I.KAHHU WIltB TEt.KOKAl'H KEI'OKT The Capital Journal Is more than anxious to give Its subscribers the very Iicst carrier srrvlco possible. If you don't get your paper on time, Just jilmne Main 62 and a copy vtlll bo sent you by special messenger. The Capital Journal management wonts all Its subscribers to receive prompt iiml eftlrlent service your complaints registered at this office will receive careful attention. UHTAL 1TMSHMKNT (iOVKKXOR, AM) THE TO THOSE who are opposed to cap ital punishment it Ih modestly suggested by the horse editor that now Ih tho Minn to take up the tight against it, and make vigorous and con tinued war upon It. The horso editor, while not disposed to bo bloodthlrHty or especially revengeful, believes that there are some criminals for whom only dm dmith penally can solvo the (mention of what t0 do with them. 'I hero nre Homo men, degenerates brutes, what you will In that direction i low In tho scalo of morality tlat their living In a crlino ngnlnst all tho principles of nature, but this Is out hlde tho main contention. It Is suggested, though, that now Is the time to take up the mutter, for we din discuss tho principle without de ciding a ruse. We can argue the mat ter without bringing Into it a apodal ciiso with tho lives of three or four or niore especial persons being Injected Into It. Hence. It can be argued on Its principles and talked of simply on Its merits, Let. this bo done, or the discussion fropped, until such lime as It Is again put up to the people to decide. It Is. or wiih unfortunate that the mutter aHHiimeil the shape It did, unless In deed, the execution of those men today pcrateR as a preventive to others, anil tint they were, ho to speak martyrs to the cause of the abolishment, of i pit at punishment. (lovenior West has been placed In an unusually trying position. On the one hand certain newspapers and a number of ministers Inslstlngupon the men hdng hanged, on tho other side a strong pressure brought to bear In the hopes of savlnfg them from tho gallows. Delegations of tearful wo iren, ahlu lawyers, "excessive" hu iMiiultarlar.H, pleadings, supplications, tears. Yet through it all (lovernor YVest has remained firm, and has taken the only course possible, for lilm under the peculiar circumstances, lie bus been ft mi, not stubborn, for he Iiuh allied out the will of tho people of the state of Oregon, when in doing so be violated his own beliefs, opinions mid desires. lie staled, It is true, that there "would be no more hangings while he Vlis governor." lie no doubt mean! e xactly what he said, for he had a pro IViinil belief that otlco the people of the stale could get a chance to pass liiiili the mutter that they would nl.nl ii h capital punishment. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 so, hi nt the last election cuuscil the mal lei to he voted upon, and ho then found he was mistaken, that the ma jority of the pcoplo Insisted upon tho liatli penalty for murder - they le lleveil in the teachings of the Old Testament rather than those of the New. rending this diction reprieves bad been grunted to certain condemn ed men, and they were given the ch.inie to escape the House If the peo ple so desired. They were given this exl in chance of an appeal to the court of highest resort - the people, anil they Inst. As the governor of the state, the 1 epivscnlnth o of these voters, he was sworn to sustain and enforce the law. When he could no longer doubt the desires of the majority, w hen they hud almost In so many winds, told him they desired the men whom he hud reprieved, hangi-d, there was but one thing he could do, and that was carry (.lit the expressed will of the people cutoive the law. He did this, and the condemned men have paid the penalties fixed for them. Yet nobody is sutislled. That Is none cf those doing the talking and making the most noise. The ultras among those favoring the death penalty kick and yowl because he gave the poor Ladd & Bush, Bankers Established 1868 Transact a General ( a I III . e issue Travelers cnecks able in all parts by w retches a chance for their lives, nnd did not let them bo hanged long ago. The noisy ones of tho other sldo are beating their tom-toms nnd saying the governor Is without honor because he having said there should be no hang li'gs during his administrations, per mitted these executions even though a largo majority of the people whose representative and agent he Is, nnd through whom alono ho has tho right or power to reprieve or pardon, in sisted that tho death penalty be In flicted. To tho great Intelligent mass of peo ple, those who think without shouting, and see and understand without leap ing Into the glare of the calcium light, (lovernor West's course is tho only sensible, straight - forward, honest, teanly one possible, nnd this class, (fortunately in a large majority In Oregon) heartily endorses his action, mid uilmlre his pulling tho will of the people above his own desires or opin ions. The governor has been In a trying position and ho has; como out of II. with credit to himself and with the hearty comineiiilatlon of tho .sensible, thinking people of the state, regard less of their especial opinions or he llers concerning capital punishment. WIIIITIXi HIST ItKMKDY. "NdUSII legislation Is always prac tical. Some years ago, when an organized gang of garroters Invad ed London they re-estnhllshed the whipping post, with the result t tint gurrollng soon censed. Now the house of commons bus decided that when a person has been convicted of partici pation In white shivery the accused shall be soundly Hogged. This wns tho old custom, and Mnciiuley declares Hint the hrulal .lelTrles used to aug ment, the punishment by his manner of pronouncing a sentence. When an un fortunato was brought before him he used to dilate upon the Hogging, say ing: "This Is a cold day for mniliini lo strip In. Sheriff, see that you warm her up. Lay It on well. King her till the hliMid trickles down her back. Do not spare the lush, sheriff, (live It to her hard," and he added to It by chuckling, rubbing his hands In glee, and gloating over the tears and cries of his victims. SIMM l it THY Tin: 'iin mr WAY. THE Willamette I'lilveislly Is mak ing u strong and apparently suc cessful effort to Increase Its en dowment nnd get upon a substantial Tooling. That It will lie successful be yond Its expectations In this way Is the wish of all Salein people and thou sands of others. At the same time It Is to be regretted that n0 steps are being taken towards providing free scholarships. Assistance by the col lege to the poor but needy student si niggling ngalnst adverse circum stances to uciiilre an education Is as necessary to his well being and suc cess as Is the endowment to the strug gling college. Hence It Is to be re gretted that Willamette Is not taking nt least some Initial steps towards do ing to others us she would lu done by, The proverb says "it Is better to give than to receive" and If this Is true it Is to be hoped that so far as free Mholurshlp nre conccdned that W. I'. wlll soon see her way dear, while re ceiving her endowment gifts, to act the "better" part. Trial lleglns Mourn v. Ios Angeles, dil., Dec. 1 1 -The trial of former tily Prosecutor (!uy Kddle, charged with contributing to the de linquency of a minor. Is scheduled to begin here next Monday. H Is report ed that an effort will be made to se cure another postponement. Capital $500,000.00 Bank in;; Business, II.. f and letters or credit avai - of the world Xalks on the Canal at Panama The president has fixed Fanama ca nal tolls in accordance with the advice of Prof, Johnson, who hns been guid ed in his Judgment by commercial consideration. The rate Is almost the samo aB that via Suez, hut that Is largely accidental. The competition between tho two routes is one of freight rates, rather than of canal tolls, and fhe tolls Is only one factor of the rato. The rate fixed is not a . .. . cut-tnroat rate, lor uio purpirau ui u-, verting traffic from tho Suez route, for the professor finds that policy tin- Just. Tho rato adopted is proportioned to the cost of building and operating the canal, and with the Intent to pro vide for economy In movement by that route, rather than by a transcontinen tal route. Even according to these reasonable principles tho professor says that the result rests "mainly upon conjecture.' Nobody really knows what commerco will prefer the canal, and therefore nobody reajly knows what the tolls will amount to. Tljjp ex pectation Is that after 10 or 20 years they will provldo something toward repaying the cost of the cnnnl. In that case JiiBt so much of the nntlonal InirAulmniil U'lll lin r,ilr.ii unti niftier for , , .. . ,, , a similar use or for tho reduction of; taxation. That is good business eith er way. It Is plain that there Is a lim it to the extenf to which even the I'nlted Stales can use taxation for the const met Ion of such public works, hut there Is no limit If the works nre ad ministered In a method not to burden the taxpayers, and to recover the cap ital sunk'. There nre two Important variations from the practice on the Suez cnnnl. No toll will ho collected from pnssen gres via Panama. Tho professor's ar gument Ib that tho passenger tolls nre Included in the tonnage toll, nnd that a separate passenger toll Is a double toll. Also warships are charged dif ferently from tho tonnage toll on mer chant vessels. Tho professor say that they are fighting machine, nnd have no tonnage for profit. Therefore war ships aro charged for their displace ment, nt a rate nominally lower thnn merchant vessels, but totaling higher, mid regardless of commercial con siderations. In the professor's words, "the I'nlted States Is not called upon to mako the Panama canal tolls low for the piupaBi! of lightening the naval burdens of foreign countries." All that the I'nlted States Is required to do Is to deal equally with all users of tho canal for llko purposes. All warships pay via Suez, because that Is a private enterprise, ami there is no excuse for exempting any. The discrimination would lie too flagrant, In some re spects there is cause for regret that the ruuanui canal was not built by the I'nlted States through a corporation, In tho manner In which capitalists keep their Interests distinct, nnd keep track of their financial operntlons. The steel trust, for example, although owning lis subsidiaries, would not al low them to take freely from anything the steel trust owned. Strict account Is kept of all Intercompany operations, but tho I'nlted states keeps no ac count of Inlerilepni'tment operations. Thus It happens that nobody really knows what the franking privilege costs, or the real deficit In the post office, which claims a surplus. There would be no real discrimina tion K the I'nlted States should fail to culled tolls on Its warships, or even If It should rebate them. Hut there would be ground for a suggestion of avoiding the letter of the treaty, even though complying with Its spirit. The exemption of the coastwise marine Is a similar case, which hardly could have occurred If It had been resolved to keep the canal accounts In a strict manner. If the ramd'had been re- iiuiren to support itself there never could have been an argument that re j hates to the coastwise trade would not I be a burden to taxpayers for private I profit. The professor Is not resoon- slide for this. His entire statement of his action Is contrary to It. The troubles which will result from de- t .i ... I'luuiie Hem imp proiessors principles are not yet apparent, but nre coming to a head. YI' IOU llll I S A It K CP TO lilt: ITdlSI.UTRK (lovernor West declares that with the l!:l -vetoed hills left over from the last legislature he will have nothing more to do. lie will not recommend the passage of any of the hills nor at tempt to defeat any i (Tort to pas them ou r his veto The bills are to be 1 rimed within the next few days and i d'strlbuted to all of the members of the new legislature. witers lied. 1 1 Mil e i ia:-s 1 1' si ii w no: ) lb-rue. Switzerland. IVe l;t 1-M-waid Mullet-, at present chief of tin military department is ehcti-d today president of the Swiss confederation. M. Hoffman was elected vice-president. To Compel Voters to Cast Vote M, Polncare has secund proportlan ate representation for France In the chamber deputies. Hut a very large proportion of French citizens it seems have never formed the habit of voting. Compulsory voting h now suggested. The special cable dispatches from Par Is to the Sunday Times tell of two bills Introduced by radical senators designed to compel the people to vote. One provides for a line whenever a citizen of voting age neglects his duty at the polls, while the other is still n.nrn npvprp. nnd nrovideS for the pmlK(.1(m of tne ne(,lecUlli votert name fiom the lists after his first offense and the permanent withdrawal of his right of suffrage If he persistently re fuses to vote. A plan to compel voting has been suggested In this county, under which a majority of votes of all the regis tered voters would be exacted for any measure submitted to the people or any candidate for office. In case the majority was lacking the measure would be held over until the next elec tion, while the Incumbent of the ofllce would hold his place until the people taw lit to go to the polls in large enough numbers to comply with the , , , ' . law. If the referendum is to becomi) ?. recognized part of our governmental machinery it Is desirable that It should clearly rolled the will of the people Comparatively few have hitherto cast their votes for or against constitution- il amendments or tiny other measures submitted to the people at the polls. It is doubtful, however, if plans to compel people to vote when they du not care to vote are not infringements of tho rights of citizens. In France It is said, the number of men who re frain from voting Increases every year. l!ut It Is hoped that under M. l'oln- cures system or proportional repre sentation the apathy of voters will soon be remedied, without the enforce ment of any dubious law to compel voting- A STITCH IX TIME. Salem People Should Net Xeglcet Their Kidneys. No kidney ailment is unimportant Don't overlook the slightest backache cr urinary Irregularity. Nature ninv ue warning ymi ot approaching drop-igie and his giving. And not much re sy, or fatal Ilright's disease. Kidney ' sultant benefit, at least to people who disease Is seldom fatal if treated in' niOKt nepit to lie helnpil For Camps and Cottages Ifeyib Lamps and Lanterns THE RAYO LAMP gives i clear, soft light. Easy on the eyes. Made of solid brass, nickel plated. Lighted without removing chimney or shade. Easy 10 clean and rewick. THE RAYO LANTERN is strong and durable. Doesn't smoke. Doesn't leak. Doesn't blow out in the wind. RAYO LAMPS AND LANTERNS Are Sold by Dealers Everywhere STANDARD OIL COMPANY (Cilifornta) PortUml. Sin Franclico a NEW WIDE 42-inch flouncing, nice goods only 50c yard Embroidery flouncing, beautiful pattern, only ..75c yd 17-inch embroideries, all new, only 25c yd 1H-!nrli nnilv-nlrlorioc nt nn i "ivu l 1 1 mj i uiuv 1 1 v -j ... Wide linen Torchon laces at Blankets Blankets, 55x72 Pickets 58x76 Woolen Markets, special at Blankets from 40c a pair up to $5,00 a pair" HO ladies' coats at A.I th s season s goods, new t':e line at $5,00 each, ROSTEIN & GREENBAUM 240-246 Commercial Street Just Sec that Corn Shrivel Vanish! The ew Corn CurCGETS-IT" Acts It 6 Corns on Sunday I Coue en Tuesday! efr l-sins After I'Hinif ''Gets-It." "(Jets-It." "GETS-IT" is the new corn cure on a new plan, that is as harmless to the skin as water, but, blazes, how It works! Nothing to stick or hurt, Lo and behold, your corn comes out. You don't have to drag It out. Every owner of a corn, callous, wart or bunion is going to get the surprise .11 l of a lifetime. No more uies'"6 " corns, no more slicing with razors and drawing blood, no more blood poison, no more sticking plasters. "OETS-IT Is sold at all druggist's at 25c a bottle, or sent direct by E Lawrenco & Co., Chicago. Sold in Salem byj. C. Perry, two stores, D. J. Fry, Dr. Stones Drug Store, Crown Drug Co., Red Cross Pharmacy, Op era House Pharmacy, Capital Drug Co. time, but neglect paves the way for serious kidney troubles. Don't neglect a lame or aching back another day. Don't Ignore dizzy spells, Irregular or discolored urine, headaches, weari ness or depression. Ilegin treating the kidneys with .the reliable, time-tried remedy. Dean's Kidney Pills. For 75 years, Donn's have been curing sick k'.dneys nnd curing permanently. En dorsed by grateful people. Mrs. Mary J. Piatt, 320 Sixth street Corvallls, Oregon, says: "I have used Doan's Kidney Tills and have found them to be a good kidney medicine. They gave mo great relief and I con sider them unequalcd for backache and other troubles caused by Inactive kidneys." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Mllhurn Co., Buffalo, New York sole agents for the United Slates. Kememher the name Doan's and take no other. A distinguished college professor ays there Is no generosity in Carne- i EMBROIDERIES .... .... zwr vn .5c yd -.loc pair $1.00 pair -$2,75 pair S5.00 each st le coats, to close out taifi.V-, ill DO YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING At Salem's live store, that shows the latest and newest goods la all departments. You can always feel safe when you trade bore. We have built up this big store on. honest dealing and giving the people all the time strictly reliable merchandise at lower prices than other stores. Come here and save money on your Xmas purchases. jdm suit Sif1 Barsains The greatest values In Salem. All new &&w iV rR,CE 1mm $4.90 ill $7'90 i $9.90 cJIf- $12.50 I Silks j and Coat Bar- j Dress j gams I Goods The biggest and best values we of fered. All new $3.95 JiOW OX SALE Nothing nicer for n XMAS l'ltESEM (linn a nice Silk Waist or n DressPattern $5.90 $7.50 and $10.50 Piec In wool and Silk All New SEE THE riUCES $4.95 $6.90 $8.90 Xmas Specials I Extra Specials We show a complete lino of Percales, yard 50 n.OTIl!0G,IH0SIEKY I Dress GlnEhama-8Pecla1' yd' '9 I'MiKinVEAU B Mus"n8 at Mill Prices MXKWEAH and Hg Sheets iSc Sl'SI'KIi:itS I Cotton Bats, all prices from I'ltlCES THE LOWEST I , 5c up Chicago Store Salem, Oregon The Store That Saves You Money Xmas Toys Books and Gamei 0)V OX SALE Our whole floor filled. Come here and get Bargains One Useful Xmas Dresses Presents Silk Hosiery Kid Gloves Silk Umbrellas or fancy Neckwear