La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 31, 1912, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextLA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1912. PAGE i isBi THE OBSERVER BRUCE DENNJS 5 Editor und Owner. ' Smtered Bt the postofflce at La Grande second-class matter. SUBSCRIPTION BATES. Jtally, Hlngly copy 5c Kelly per week . 15 Pally, per month 65c DELAY PEACE TREATIES Word comes from Washington that President Taft will not ask immediate Action upon the general arbitration treaties negotiated with Great Britain And Prance. It is assumed that his ac tion la dictated by the attitude of the cnate, which bas been in open opposi tion to the approval of the peace con ventions unions amended to meet the views of some of tho senators. Presi dent Taft has made the peace treaties a political issue in his recent speeches and It would not aid his cause politi cally if one of his choice issues met defeat at the hands of the senate. Mr. Taft may not bnve given any at tention to the political side In making the decision to delay action on the peace treaties. He may hold the opln- ion that delay ' will develop such a strong public sentiment In their favor that. they will be adopted without amendment. But this Is a political year and there -, la always the possibility that political Arcade Theatre "MEXICAN AS IT, IS SPOK- JJH MEL1ES A comedy that ,1s out of the ordinary, interesting and lively. THE REPORTER'" ...PVTHE No dull moments In this pic ture, Interesting and well acted. "CRAM INDUSTRY" ... LIHIN A splendid educational picture wlilcli tells the story of the can ned crab, A WOMAN SC0HNE1)"...... lUOfilKAPH . A remarkably strong dramatic picture. "RIGHT OR WRONG". .J1EL1ES The heart Bays lie Is, but ac cording to the rules of warfare as understood by all nations he is not, "AN ACTOR IN A NEW ROLE" r U'HIN A cleverly 'acted comedy, bright and full of life. Laura Green Wills, In song productions. clever A Working Capital of Over $215,000 00 Inspires Confidence in This Bank The stability ot this iiiRll tution, . , The substantial men behind It, ' Its reputation for priiKrossiveiies, It large lminlnn (.'.parity, Its spirt of nivommodatlon, have atlracti-d customers whoso deposits aggregate over $700, 000.00. Promote your interests by allying yourself as a depositor with this stronn and suceessfit 1 institution. 1 J s La Grande National Bank LA GRANDE, OREGON. CAPITAL . . . $ 100.000.00 SURPLUS . . . 115.000.00 RESOURCES . . . 1,000,000.00 United States Depository ui,ir(,tir,nn enter every decision ihi is made by the executive or con gress. After such an advanced stand th uRAce conventions, .Mr. Taft Pfinll not consistently permit a modi ilcatlon of the provisions. If he did n it would admit that tie treaties as approved by him are defective and It would be an acknowledgement that tne criticisms of Theodore Roosevelt are Hell based. Mr. Taft cannot afford to nllow the Impression that either the utterances of Mr. Roosevelt or the at titude of the senate have changed his mind as to the practicability and efficiency of the peace treaties. it is recognized there Is a sharp di vision between the views of the presi dent and Mr. Roosevelt on the peace conventions. The latter has denounced the pence treaties as shams, hypocrit ical arid-Billy, because they cannot pos sibly mean what they say because they are loosely worded, because their use of words creates confusion, and be cause they delegate to outsiders, pos- nlhlv foreigners, the exercise of the vital power of'determlning matters in volving our national honor and na tional policies and interests. Presi dent Taft holds an opposite view and contends that the treaties as prepared 'prevent' any discussion of such vital national questions as the Monroe doc trine, or Immigration, or others relat ing to Internal affairs. In delaying action by the Benate on the treaties, the affair has resolved It self Into a contest between President Taft and Mr. Roosevelt for the sup port of public opinion to the views ex pressed by ;each. Unquestionably, the senate, leans toward the ideas of the foriiier president slse It would not have InslBted on amendments to the conventions. Whether the weight of public opinion is with President Taft gan.his career as professor of qhem . i ...ntauini,n in. tholr nrinntlnrt or i.... i tho ctntfl Agricultural college 111 IIJD CUIllOHUUUO iv. 1 - behind Mr. Roosevelt In his opposition cannot be assured until there Is a more .. r . .-,1 nnn -t -general sentiment raauueisicu o"j j or the other. Cuba has decided to obey the teach er this time, but It Ib awfully hard to stay in school down in that warm cli mate. The Manchu government In China demands 10,000,000 taels, which wilt necessitate the sacrificing of mnhy queues. - - There are go 'many ways of getting killed, these days, it Is a wonder' any one lives to n ripe old age. The colonel says he will curtail his speech-making to tse "lowest possible limit." Saving himself? The ox-eyed blonde mny disappear, but the peroxide 'blonde evidently has come to stay. Perhaps T, language. R. Is learning the sign THIS DATE IN HISTORY. January 31. 1573 Ben Jonson, noted English r, ''-dramatist, horn. Died August 6, 1637. G0C Guy Fnwkes executed for his participation In the "gunpowder : plot' . . i 1752 Ciouveneur Morris,, member of tho Continental Congress and United States senator from New York. born. Died Nov. 16, 1816 1781 Gen. Greene took command of ." the American arwv In the soutn 1812 John Randolph Tucker, an of ficer In the Mexican, war, the civil war and the war for South v American Independence, born In Alexandria, Va. Died Jan. 29 1880. 1840 Milwaukee Incorporated as a ,' -' city.' . 1874 Sir Garnet WolBeley defeated the Ashantees in a severe con Diet near Coomassle. ' . 1880 British training ship Atalanta left the Bermudas with a crew of nearly 300, and was never heard from again. 1891 (lean L. E. Aieissonier, iauiou French painter, died. Born In 1811. ' -.''. 1892 Rev. Charles H. spurgeon, not ed pulpit orator, died. Boru June 19, 1834. ' 1898 Great strike of engineers in England ended, after nearly weeks' Idleness. ; '; 1911 Congress selected San Francis co as the site for the proposed Panama exposition. "THIS IS MY 40TII BIRTHDAY." John A. Wldstoe'. ' .Tnhn Andreas Wldstoe, who is pres ident of the international Dry Farm li'g congress and a physiological chpmiBt of wide reputation, w.s . born In the .iland o' Fnven, Norway, on January 31. 1872. M a youth he:was brought to America by bis parents, who settled In Utah, He graduated (mm Rrlitham Young college andVJater En.nt several vears In study at ".Har vard university arid at the University nntiinirnn After completing nis ftnttlneen ,,n.iinn.hn mtiirned to Utah add be lOLk y 1J1 uv--- of wj,lch 'Institution he Is now the preBdent. Dr. Wldstoe's work a.s an . ... . i ...I !.,.. nn jlliimit (educator ano n """"s" try have won him wide recognition in scientific circles and he has been-non-ored with membership in some of the leading chemical societies of Europe as well as the similar organizations in America. :'."',' Congratulations to: 1 . ' .George W. Perklna, financier;. 50 years old today. Nathan Straus, eminent New .York merchant and ph'.lantropist, 64 jjears today. Zane Grey, prominent among i tho younger American novelists, 37 years old today. Theodore William Richards, profes sor of chemistry at Harvard university 44 years old today. Charles U Bartlett, representative in congress from the Sixth Georgia district, 59 years old today. John McLuech Hamilton, Philadel phia artist who was commissioned by King George to paint the coronation. 59 years old today. A COMLiriJNJOATION. La Grande, Oregon, Jan. 29. To the Editor of Observer: In your edi torial referring to my communication nnent the socialist propaganda, you say I was. defending present day so cialism nnd, that as such defender, 1 should explain to the people where so cialism ceases and where anarchy be gins. In the first place I was only defending the right of free speech ap plicable to all people alike, and in the second place I was not defending the dynamiter, the red flag, the murderer, or any other lawless element as you suggest In your editorial entitled, "So cialism and Anarchy." Now, as to the question you have set me to explain to the people as stat ed above. The anarchy that Col. C. E. S. Wood of Portland claims to believe is an Ideal conditio nor society wherein there Is no restraint. Every body knows Ills rights and the rignis ot his neighbors, and will defend his neighbor before Jie will hlmseif. It is condition of complete sell go em inent, nnd the most absolute nneiu It is somewhat on the plan of Gaston and Alphonso's gyrations In the funny papers, but to be more serious, It is funded on the doctrine of Jesus Christ, viz: "Love your neighbor as yourself," "overcome evil with good." "be good to them that despltefully use you,", "agree with thine adversary quickly." "If 'e love tllPin onl' who love you, what better are ye than the Pharisees, do not even they do the samo?" "tint I say unto you, Move your enemies,'" and "when smitten on the one cheek turn tho other also," and added to these are the golden rule nnd many other procepta that make up the Ideals of Christianity. We know how far people fnll short of living up to these Ideals In rcllclon, aud If applied i,ar,n ennnnivable how they can be MM, " "" ' ' - attained. But the anarchy you refer to is riot and disorder, dynamite and carnage which often occur under any form of government. The ideal anar chy can only be predicated on the ac tions of perfect people bo we will have, to dismiss that phase of the question. t .,..- i,r nnnlrinn is tenable, be- j - J 11 JJ1 v J w - 1' " cause socialism as a scienunc aim philosophical system is the complete antithesis of capitalism. They are as diametrically opposed to each other as are despotism and democracy, and viewing them in. this light it is plain to be seen why Miss Wood does not honor the constitution of the United States. Socialism is either a problem for the centuries to unravel or else It will come by a complete upheaval and a re-organlzatfon of our social system, i The expedient of taking over tne puo llc utilities and the meanB of produc tion and distribution and paying for them In Interest bearing bonds merely shifts the' burden into another form, mid Btrlntlv according to philosophi cal socialism would be merely another, form of capitalism. For Instance taae a case In point: The estate, of Mar shall Field Is Invested in bonds, wnicn shall Jneio is invesieu m iin. .... snau riei i , means that his heirs living ana yet to . be born will have the power to levy a oorii win Iniinns of our perpetual tax against millions of our race yet unborn. This destroys tner principles that all men are created , onnal. and have an in-alienable right to life, liberty and . the pueuit of hap piness. Isnt it strange that democrac ies formulate a lot p meaningless and high sounding phrases and .then, pro ceed to destroy them. . But after, all this may be nature's plan, because everything muet be equalized anq dis ease and death are as natural as health and life. But aside from petty squabbles there Is such a thing as the development and growth of a people and their Institutions. This growth can be traced from meadleval times, or in fact from antiquity, and the dif ferent stages of development are clearlv marked. We had not reached the culminating climax in governmen tal theory and constitutional law wnen we founded the constitution of the United States. Of course, it is admit ted that the theory , of socialism is idealistic the same as the idealism of Christianity, and it may never be at tained. If it tould be attained the ul timate would be reached and all incen tive would lie gone. Struggle be tween opposites seems to be the order of existence, reaching for tne uiu ' . a vTn, mntp that can never ue auauicu. mate that can ne u these being facts, whether they are admitted or not, leads us up to this conclusion: That there is growth and development in human society, mat ly t0 tue ground. "How dreaoruuy there is always a balancing of forces, , careless of you. Mury Anne!" you ex 1 ' ,,,IOp made be-! claim fretfully. But it isn't the little tween extreme elements r. in iinfnrtiinnte In the OUClUliaill la quality of its leadership in what is called "political action," but it . has the best thought of the world among its writers and theorists. It may foun der on the same rock as Populism, because Its leaders are apt to become hungry for the spoils and emoluments of ollke, and In their eagerness they will swap and trade and fuse with oth er party bosses. Then, of course, will follow disbanding and dividing on na tional narty lines. The same old story but there appears to be a comradeship in this new movement, a desire to sac rifice self fo rthe good of the cause. It appeals to the lowly and in many cases to the ignorant man. And, why? That Is the question. Simply because they get no relief from the old line politicians of either party. It is pret ty well understood that the govern ment nt Washington is controlled by what is known as Hie Third house, and that an alien ruler is in complete command. Millions of our people are becoming convinced that our govern ment has been taken away from us. All people should live within the law, nnd free public discussion should be encouraged and not suppressed, There are lots of things we learn by the underground route that should be publicly proclaimed, You claim the soap box orator and the red Hag disciple ought to be sup- BAKING Absolutely nure The only Baking Povvdcy made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar NO ALUM, NO pressed. This would 'not do any good. I In one way it would help their cause! as every cause in the world has befen boosted by persecution. These soap box orators hold the same relation to , the world wide thought of the age as the foam of the ocean holds to the ac- tlon of the mlgty deep. The world will not stand still In it3 social devel opment because of established cus toms, creeds of orthodoxy, or fixed ana t.w... .., i. . . v. . ' j . immutable laws or constitutiona. Free Jt...nnl.H tr niVint n.A VinifA loft ft discussion Is what we have left of our rights, and we will have to hold that - . hazards, and I think the Amer- 'can people will hold it to - the , last d'tch even if every other right la taken ' '" " H""" ; " it and anarchy, and also the essential elements between these systems and the republican form of government under which we- are' supposed to toe living now..' After all. the only ques tion with me was the right of free discussion, especially of public ques tions. ' ' J. B. STOOD ARC CONTRARY CROCKERY. Dishes Do Play Quer Pranks at Time, as Though Bowitched. Housewives, think twice before scold tng your mulds. You know crockery k often suid to lie bewitched, nnd veri tably this Is so. The best tea service will smash It self 'to a -cup nnd saucer. Then, the last of their line, they linger on through stress, and storm us If bearing a charm ed life. Your spesial set of flowered Jugs will all rush to their fates with maddening tendencies to suicide, ex cept one. Tbnt hangs on Its hook, crack ed, but still alive to mock you with memorv of Its fair sisters. Notice, too, thfl evei-vduv dinner service with the rtnrU hlno horrtpr nnd the dlt edge, it - - flourlshes like the proverbial bay tree , bj.lng oot j w pllrenilsed by panstaK- , ,ng thrifti tue R0Up tureen hurtles mad- maid at nil. It's witchcraft. But a much more weird and wonder ful proof of sorcery at work in crock ery occurred the other day. An ordi nary china jug suddenly refused to hold water. It leaked badly. Banish ed to the kitchen shelf. It stood for months. Unexpectedly one day it was taken down and used by a stranger and behaved in a perfectly exemplary manner. Explain It by anything else than witchcraft if you can. London Ladies World. ' " The.Seokel Pear. The Seckel pear is one of the sweet est and daintiest fruits that grow. As another describes it, "The flesh Is melt ing, juicy and most exquisitely nnd del icately flavored." That Is Just what it Is. And the tree on wiiicb this pear ! wows Is beautiful and vigorous, which I indicates that nature has a great fond ness for it.- The pear is named after a Mr. Seckel of Philadelphia, on whose estate in 1S17 the Seckel pear started on its happy career. Some one writ ing in IS IT said. "The parent tree still lives uliinit three miles from Philadel phia." Pittsburgh Press. "The health oUlcer advised me to asu every man with whom we had domes- ! tic dealings if he was, careful to ooil the water he used in his business." "Yes.", "Well, I asked the milkman first. And what do you think? Ho got mad and wanted to lick me." Cleveland Pluin Dealer. After a Cold Auto Ride what could be more comforting or exhllerating than a nice cup of Hot Chocolate, which you will always1 find ready at this season of the year at our Soda counter? We give it to you pure and cheering, full of that goodness and nutriment so peculiar to the best quality of Chocolate. It Is a food, drink and medicine all combined, at lo cost. . jfjrjjwfci'paif'fi Selder's - La Grande Pm LIME PHOSPHATE ' Paroled Mn (tai. Walla Walla, Jjn. v:i Tl as..r;joa that 80 per cm or the c. :u-w.u, of the state piVt.in'.niiuy "made ooi" when paroled, was wfcd to vistrlng sheriff's convention today, by -Warden' ' Reed. ' -'.-, .' V Will Take Potatoes to Texas. William Neiberger and Tom Peach leave m woca iui ic.mio n 1 1 u it ment of potatoes for the Texas . . 1 i. i 1-. 1 t leave this week for Texas with a ship- mar kets. They plan to take' a shipment of five carloads, and will be gone long enough to dispose of them at the des tination. . 1- Buchlcr Affair up Again. Chicago, Jan, 31. -Charged with contributing to tne delinquency of Violet Buehler,.aged.J5,Lwho Jeft her home in. Chicago- and -went to New York for hlra, Charles McClaln, a waiter. Is held under $2,000 bonds to answer before the grand jury. Here's a Standard To Go By "OUR METHOD OF SIGHT TESTING 1,S AS GOOD AS PEACOCK'S Tlint's what Uwy all say wlio fit glasses. -those I ;WKKEI Hard for that repu tation, nnd got it but I'll work still harder to keep it If you are paying more than I charge, you are paying too much If you are paying less than l charge, you are not getting first class work. SETTLE THE ARGUMENT! Let Heacock fit your next pair of glasses. HEACOCK Eyesight Specialist The only exclusive Optical Spe cialist in La Grande. 3I0DERN LENS GRINDING MACHINERY. -- id Atfmi- to the political relations of men It Is N, - t x