OREOON CITY ENTERPKIHK. FRIDAY, OOTOMKR 11. 1912 Oregon City Enterprise Publish. Every Friday C. E. BRODIE, Editor and Publlthar. Knti-rMi Kt Oregon City. Or, Post office m second-class matter. Subscription Rate: On Year fi.SO Mli Months 74 Trial Subscription. Two Month .11 Advertising Rata on application. Uia matter will receive our attention. Subscriber mill find the date of ei ptratlon atatnped on their paper fol Inwloc their name. If last payment I tot credited, kindly notify ni, and the matter will receive our attention. Advertising Rate on application. DEMOCRATS AID TRUSTS. A carefully designed scheme to pre vent effective prosecution of all the trust, and eapeclally the Steel Trust, from effective prosecution by the Taft administration,. va recently passed by the Democratic house of represen tatives. It was only the vigilance and activity of the Republican leader In the house and senate that killed the bill. Representative Beall of Texas, Democratic member of the Demo cratic house, offered an amendment to the Sundry Civil appropriation bill dismissing from government aervice every attorney engagtd in behalf of the government In any suit brought under the anti-trust law, the Interstate commerce act, the custom laws, and other law tor the detection and pro secution of crime and for the protec tion of the United! State against claims. It such attorney held any of-J Bee under the government at the time the amendment became effective, or within two year neit preceding the date of hi employment as special counsel. This amendment waa aimed partic ularly at former Secretary of, War Dickinson, retained since hia retire ment from President Taft' cabinet a special counsel to assist Attorney General Wlckersham in the prosecu tion of the Steel Trust Attorney General Wlckersham pro tested against the adoption of the Beall amendment and waj Joined by Gen. Dickinson, Representa tive Mann, the Republican minority leader and other prominent Republi cans in opposition to the palpable ef fort to thwart the prosecution of the Steel Trust and other defendants in suits for the enforcement of the anti trust law. (hat the enactment of the Hoall amendment Into law would Interfere with the successful prosecution of al most every tmportiint case the gov ernment has pending. The Republican administration, un der .1'restdent Taft, appreciates the fact that the gigantic corporations em ploy the best legal talent obtainable Tut eipend enormous funds, for at torneys' fee, lly fighting flro with fire, the Republican party has Jbeen enabled to secure Important victories for the people In the courts. More than half a million dollars was recov ered for the government In the case of the contractors for the Savannah riv er Improvement, while over $.1.0to.0'.H were conected a the result of the prosecution of perrons Implicated In the great sugar fauds. The poaecution of the trusts', so vigorously begun by the Taft adminis tration with the beit legal talent ob tainable, will be continued, despite the effort of the Democratic huui to tie the government' hands. AN INSULT TO JUSTICE IS OUR PRIMARY A JOKE? If the Beall amendment had carried In its original form", the services of Gen. Dickinson and three others as signed by the department of justice to work on the Steel Trust case would every attorney engaged In behalf of have gone for naught At this critical Juncture in the case the outcome depended entirely upon the familiarity of those who had done the work with the law and the facts and to have cut off their services at thi time would have most seriously! jeuparauea me governments pros pects of success. The Beall amendment would also have dispensed with the services of a large number of employees trained in the department of justice and pro moted to do special work in anti trust cases on account of their exper ience and fitness for such work. No better characterization of the Beall amendment could have been applied to it than that suggested by Attorney General Wlckersham: "An act to de- If political rumors say anything, Jonothan Bourne, Jr., who has repre sented Oregon In the United States Senate for nearly six years, and who failed of lndanement at the State Primary last April, Intends to seek re election a an Independent candidate. in opposition to Ben Selling, the reg ular Republican nominee, who defeat ed Bourne in a fair campaign In the primaries. Mr. Bourne ha posed, and no doubt will still pose, as an ardent defend er of the Primary Law. He waa the big noise In, the campaign preceding the general election of 1910, when he assisted in the defeat of Jay Bower- man, the Republican nominee for Governor. It seems to be evident, however, that what Is sauce for the goose does not affect the gander, and it Mr. Bourne becomes a candidate, he virtually repudiates the Primary Law of the State, and places himself In a very peculiar position before the people of Oregon and the United States. Several days ago In Portland Sene ca Fouts, whose name Is none to sav ory, and W. S. TJ'Ren and others were ! present at a meeting of the East Side branch library. This meeting was held to indorse Mr. Bourne's candi dacy for, the United States Senate and Mr. U'Ren made a strong speech in favor of Mr. Bourne's becoming i candidate. It Is reported that Mr. U'Ren has said that Mr. Bourne would be elected. It Is also a matter of common report In political circles In this State that Mr. Bourne made arrangements with Joseph Fels, whereby Mr. U'Ren could handle the Single Tax fund in Oregon. In truth this is a precious pair. The Primary Law is a fine thing, when It works the Bourne-U'Ren way. Bat the voters of Oregon should remem ber that Ben Selling Is the Republi can nominee under the Primary Law and that Harry Lane Is the Democrat ic nominee under the same system. Mr. Bourne has said that he might become a candidate If he finds that Mr. Selling violated the Corrupt Prac tices Act in spending too much mon ey during the Primary campaign. The people of this state have not forgot ten the thousands of dollors that Bourne spent when he sought the nomination and election to the United States senate six yetors ago, and they will not forget it on November 5. Oregon is a Republican state and Mr. Selling is the Republican candi date. He is a Progressive Republl- ho. In the recent primary election In that stale, Mr. flagstone was defeut. ed for (lie Republican nomination for governor by a plurality of less tluin 100. Itnmeillniely following the pri mary, he was urged by Roosevelt.-personalty, and the Hull Moose lenders of Idaho to remnmco Ills Kepubllt'iui Ism ami become Ilia candidate of the rrogreitlv parly for the sumo otllc In I he general election. The reply of Mr. ('Ingatouii to their appeals Is reaped fully commended to the con sideration of Senator Hour no and his friend. It follows: "Two conditions seem to form ab solutely linpansalile obstacles to my acceding to Roosevelt's request that I run tvr governor and this I not only my own Judgment but (hut of my most trusted friend 'One I the fact that I continued a candidate In the Republican primar ies to the end and cannot with any degree of jtmtlco again become a can dlilae before the epopl lu this cam paign. Not only would 1 be condemn ed by the great majority of right thinking men, but L. would be untrue to myself a well." stroy the efficiency of the department can and is Justly entitled to the sup of Justice measure In aid of defen-jport of the members of his party who dants now under prosecution by the j believe In the spirit snd the letter of federal government" Of course thus ( the Direct Primary Law. assailed, and by Republican statesmen j , , who appreciated what government in all its branches means, the Beall! W,L80N 0N "PENSIVE amendment failed to pass the Repub lican senate and in a form modled more to the satisfaction of the attor We are told by Mr. Wilson and his managers that before the campaign Is he said on June 13th, 1909: "The labor of America Is rapidly be coming unprofitable under Its present regulations by those who have deter mined to reduce It to a minimum. Our economic supremacy may be lost be cause the country grows more and more full of unprofitable servant." He I going to try to explain why he ha alway had contempt for the so-called middle and humble classes In fact fo rthe millions of people whose votes he must get if he 1 to be elected. He 1 going to try and ex plain why for years In hi claim, de liberate and passionate moment he wrote and preacued against the initia tive, referendum and recall and against the hundred and one tads of the present day and now has suddenly changed his mind and says he was wrong then but does confess that tor political expediency! or tor the aake of winning votes, he is willing to change hi coat and accept the politi cal nostrums of the day. Mr. Wilson may well promise many explanations, but he will need to make them very lucid to gain or re gain the confidence of the Intelligent voters of the country. The American citizen does not like a turncoat nor a traitor whether it be in war or In peace, whether it be a bloody con flict or In a literary discussion, and they will compare with Mr. Wilson's the honest upright consistent course of President Taft and Vice-President Sherman and cast their votes accord ingly. THE; DEFICIENCY BILL. The deficiency appropriation bill annually passed by Congress Is one of peculalr Interest to students of government Its sum marks the dif ference between what Congress guessed the government needed for the enduing fiscal year, when appro priating In the general appropriation bills, and what the end of the year disclosed was actually needed. In a way, also, It Is an Index to the econ omy or evtravagence with which the Executive Departments have been conducted. The Democratic Congress which re cently adjourned was called upon to : provide b!x million dollars which i Is the smallest sum the measure has j r-arried eince 1886. It breaks a twen I ty-.-ix years' record. I The smallest of the sums Indicated j that the last Republican Congress, tholdt does not mlnce words either. He says: "I shall ont only support Mr. Taft but oppose you In all legitimate means at my command, because of the contrast between you and him. Mr. Taft la sane, sate and Judicious, and under him the country's progress and peace will be secure. He Is a man worthy of the dignity ot his high office. During the last years ot your administration I had almost be come disgrunted witn public are. Your constant playing to the galler ies, your hob-nobbing with the politi cal bosses, your continuous political dickering and bidding for notoriety and your perpetual declarations with out actual performance had thorough ly dictated me and the cant and In sincerity of it all had gotten on my nerves. And do you Know wnat rec onciled me to continue public ser vice? It was the advent of Presi dent Taft After all the sham here was pure gold again! Standing be fore him with his kindly, open face beaming on me, I felt instinctively that I was facing the majesty of an honest and sincere man, and In his more than three years ot incumben cy he has not. In a single Instance, fallen short ot that first good Impres sion. But what Is the use of telling you? You know all this to be true and have said the same things your self, only In a much stronger and more glowing language." PRIMARY LAW REPUDIATED. Does the direct primary law mean anything to Oregon voters? Do the people desire to preserve the law? Admittedly the only way to maintain and strengthen thl spopular law Ih to abide by Its results. Senator Bourne waa defeated squarely for the Republican nomina tion for United 8tates Senator by Ben Selling In the Republican primary election. Later, Bourne was turned down by the state convention of the progressive party when he sought that party's; nomination. In becomnliif an Independaut can didate. Bourne repudiate the direct primary law and asks the voters to Indorse that repudiation by electing him. Hut we do not think the voter of this state will be parties to adjust- ing tne direct primary law to meet the whim of Senator Bourne or any other disappointed office-seeker. The prevailing sentiment among voters Is that since Senator Bourne participat ed In the primary election, he la In consistent and entirely unwarranted In seeking to defeat the result of the nomination election. PLEA FOR SUFFRAGE (Continued from pago 1) "There are 145,000 tliil.licn win kill); in vi'uur ami ii'airltr fact ories tin! I'littuii mills in the Unitrd States. This, of itself, ia hern per mitted hy the carctmnci of the men voter, ami is one of the strong?! rritsont why women slioukl huve the woman hut she was shrewder than men, With intellect the equal of men, and molality far superior, why houhl not women make ihr lct vot er. Machinery ha lumped the dilution of the home ami the wom en have to en nut In wink. The clothing made yrari apt hy the wife ninl mother is made in the mill imw. The In end i liouylit from the Imker. And then the liili price of living ha driven many women to wink. See tthiit the meat and other truti are doinn, The tlaiicjitrr ami son ut mini ii tlirv are ulde must l'ii to riiu to vote, nicy always take au,oik now to help support the fuin higher mural view of politics than jv " men. ,"A Lincoln cave the negroes the riuhr to vote in order that they illicit protect thrinwlve, women should he given the name ri'uht for the same reason. It is incomprehen sible that women working in factor- Mr. lltowntll read letter from President Lincoln to a mother who had lot five hoys in the Civil War, and asked if that woman should nut have had a riulit to vole. The men, w ho had killed her son w ewe voters lu fuss tuiil i i tur tli urir mill ff alii in where machinery is dangcron. j f five brwf mim WM for lack of safeguard should Jr,riVcJ of the riul.t. lie lead tracts from letters hy Andrew Jack- have a voice in nittimr Iuyl-. tlmr I REAL PROGRESS! V EN E89. arduous' task. It was further shown1 ney general, It was finally adopted by 'over he will try and explain why all the house. ! his life he has been an aristocrat and As was said at the time, the steei against the so-called common people, trust could have asked nothing better ! He Is going to try and explain why he than the adoption of the Beall amend- 'na condemned the mlllons of good ment as originally passed by the Dem- bonest worthy citizens who have come ocratic house. ABide from the steel; to us from foreign Bhores; he Is going trust case, the attorney general point-; to try and explain why he has con ed out that the adoption of the Beall 1 demned organized labor; he la going amendment would have had the effect ' to 'T and explain why he said under of removing counsel for the govern- late of February 26, 1903: ment in the suit to set aside the Ore- "Labor unions reward the shiftless gon and California land grant, who for : and incompetent at the expense of the manV rotirt ha,, lU&n anonnnJ intfin .t.1. .1 ,1. .!.. It I He is going to try and explain why , y Jumj M 1912 ! drafted its general appropriation bills in sound and scientific lines. It al so indicates that the Executive De partments have administered theih af fairs with singular efficiency and ec onomy. The bill testifies to the ex cellent business management of gov adminlstrations. , In contrast with this record It baa now become apparent at Washington that Congress next winter will be called upon to provide at least $30, 000,000 in the deficiency appropriation bill, or five times as much as at the recent session. This Is because the Democratic Congress, after having indulged too lavishly in "pork barren appropriat ing, cut down regular appropriations to an Impossible point In order to make a false showing of economy. The Man Who Wears a Long Face is usually the one who hasn't a bank account He is continually worrying about his financial affairs and is too much wrapped up in himself to think of any body else. Do You Wear a Long Face?U so, start a Bank Account and your friends will tell you that you are enjoying better health every day. The Bank of Oregon City THE OLDEST BANK IN CLACKAMAS COUNTY BARTHOLDT TO R008EVELT Congressman Richard Bartholdt ha Issued a reply to Bull Moose Roosevelt, in defense of an attack up on him by that distinguished candi date ot the Harvester Trust Mr. Bar- In an election that marked the tear ing down ot old barriers and the rear ing ofl new of an entirely new con struction, the grand old state of Ohio three weeks ago put through a pro gram of progressive legislation that has never been equaled In the world's history. By hat same majority the voters voted down Single Tax, regarding It as not only dangerous to the working man, but to the farmer, the home owner, and the lot owner. In fact, to everyone but the capitalist. When the Initiatory amendment was offered to the constitution there was fastened there a proviso that the Initiative should never be used to foist Single Tax on the state of Ohio and by one stroke the voters nailed their standard aloft and burled at Fels and his Single Tax war-chest a d.-fi that went rattling through the country. Here Is the victorious Ohio amend ment, which effectually bars Single Tax and the confiscation of land by the State. Sec. 1. The power defined herein as the "Initiative" and "referendum" shal not be used to pass a law auth orizing any ciaslflcation of property for the purpose of lvylng different rates of taxation thereon or of auth orizing the l vy of any Single Tax on land or land values or land sites at a higher rate or by a different rule than is or may be applied to Improve ment thereon or to personal proper ty. With Ohio to lead the way, Oregon now has power, by voting 365 NO, 308, YES, to give U'Ren, Cridge, Eg gIeston and the hosts of others who have been fattening on the Fels Sin gle Tax wan best, a rebuke that Is only too well merited. Tricks and schemes do not find fav or In Oregon. Nor do the gentlemen named with their Graduated Tax Measure, their Single Tax Measure, their evasions, their trickery. OPPOSES TAX SUGGESTION, ORKOON CITY. Oregon.. October i. 12. (Kdltor of the Enterprise) In an editorial In yesterday's Ore- gonlan we read as follows: "Another amendment. 304-305, per mits the divorce ot state and local taxation. Under the present system the state's needs arq computed and a levy sufficient to raise those needs Is added to the levy found necessary In each county to ralae county reven ues. Alt property pays local taxes and all property pays some state taxes. The amendment would permit the state to collect all Its taxes from one clas of property ay from cor poratlons. The counUe would not then levy for stnte taxes. This plan has also been adopted In other states. Like the other amendments, this one Itself makes no change In preoent tax methods. It merely authorises changes. Vote 304 Yes." Permit me to say to the voter of Clackamaa County that I think thl advice of the Oregon la n I not good tor Clackamaa County or any other county In which public service cor porations operate exclusively. If such corporations paid the state tax es and were exempt from local taxa tion (It Is quite evident that this Is what the measure would lead to) our county government, our school dis tricts, and our road districts would be deprived of one of their chjcf sources of revenue. Take School District No. 1, Mllwaukle, for exam ple. If the public service corpora tions were exempt from local taxa tion it would reduce the valuation from $1,185,738.24 to $883,856.10. which you will observe Is a loss of about twenty-six per cent- District No. 108, Estacada, would lose more than fifty per cent of Its valuation. What Is true In regard to thene two districts is due to a greater or less degee of nearly all the large districts of the county. It Is tue that the county would be exempt from state taxation but this gain would be very slight In compari son to the Iocs. The public service corporations now pay taxes In the state on $lort, 583,267.00 Railroads, power plants, telephone and telegragh lines are building throughout the state Increas ing this valuation at a rapid rate. It Is probable that In a few year the corporations would be paying much less than they nre now paying or else the state would be collecting a large amount of taxes which would tempt the state officials to lavlah expendi ture or graft. As the law now Is the people i ay their share of the state taxes and therefore keep a watchful eye upon their disbursement. If I am wrong In this I hope some one will set me right. As I now see It I would advise all people to vote 305 NO. Yours for the good of our schools, T. J. GARY. woiiM result in olitainin the safe Kuan!. In many of the rattcrn cit ies the populations are so crcat that many of the children nre kept out of schools. Schools are not built tat enough to provide for all. With the women voting the schools would he provided. ' In Colorado there is not a child but what has a seat in school and is guarded by law compelling its par ents to allow it to go to school. Kqual suffrage in Colorado, Wyoming, Ida ho and Washington has produced better nominees and lias been an im portant factor for morality and bet ter government. It is conceded fact that the greatest intellects of the human race, have, from the be ginning of civilation to the present time acknowledged that naturally women are intellectually the etpial if men, and morally their superiors. They have been deprived of the bal lot through prejudice, bias and the working of small minds that have alway desperately opposed to any ad vance of womanhood. "I am in favor of equal 'suffrage a a matter of human justice to the bread winning portion of the female sex, with the ballot as a boon she will be a power that must be respected and like her brother she must be reckoned with at the polls. The vote will be her protection against the industrial wrongs, her protection against the constant tendency to re duce her wages, because of helpless ness. Whoever believes in the Dec laration of Independence must be lieve in the right of women to vote. As an instance of what women can do when enfranchised in Massachu setts for more than fife five years a fight was .iticu on to make moth ers equal with father as guardians of their children. The women of Col orado passed that bill in less than fifty-five days." The speaker declared that in Gil- orado the child labor laws and other laws for the protection of children are much better enlorced and in a much more advanced state than in any other state, because the women have the power to punish those who disregard the laws. "Women will obtain the ballot in this state," continued the speaker, "because they should have it. There is no use to try to defeat this move ment, for there has never been a time when truth will not win. A woman was killed a few days ago in one of our large cities by an elevator. Don't you think that woman s mother should have a right to say through her ballot that only capable and care ful men shall be employed to operate clcvatiys. The men have not done it. The women if they had the pow er would. "Many men oppose enfranchising women because they declare women are not practical, hut this is a mere subterfugr. I never saw a business son and Chief Justice Chase in which the enfranchisement of women was predicted and advocated. "We men have made a failure of civil government," declared Mr. Hrownrll, and we have got a long way to go before we become civili. ed. Think of Morgan and I'rrkins testifying as tij hundreds of thous ands of dollars being given by them to elect a man to utlice, and the wom en having no say in depriving the men from buying and owning governments. It needs a stick of dy namite under two-thirds 'of the men to get them started in the right di rection, but it must be' conceded that if for no other reason women ought to be given the ballot because of the moral force they would lend the government." The speaker was applauded through hi address and at its conclu sion Dr. Ford, pastor of the church asked the men who favored espial suffrage to stand. Almost all did. Dr. Ford complimented Mr, Hrown ell and declared he was confident the address had converted many person in the audience. SENT TO OFFICERS County Clerk Mulvey Monday mailed notices of election to the clerks and judges throughout the county. The notices, which are pub lished on linen, contains the names of all offices to be filled at the Nov ember election, the polls to lie open from 8 o'clock in the morning until 7 o'clock in the evening. Two no tices must be posted in conspicuous places in each precinct. TO HAVE FINE ILL The contract for the new Odd Fel lows' Hall at Canby was .-t Monday Immediately and finished Just as The work will be started Immedlattly and finished Just as soon as possible. The building will be GHxtOO, two Morles high and a basement Rein forced concrete will be used In the construction. It Looks Llks A Crlm to separate a boy from a box of Ducklnn'a Arnica Salve. Ill pimples bolls, scratches, knockn, sprains and bruise demand it, and Its quick relief for burns, sslds, or cuts Is his right. Keep it handy for boys also girls. Heals everything healnble and does It quick. Unequaled for piles. t Only 25 cent at all druggist. D. C. LATOURETTB, President F. J. MEYER, Cashier TEc First National Bank of Oregon City, Oregon CAPITAL, 150.000.00. Transacts a Central Banking Business. Opsn from 9 A. M. to S P. IN DIFFERENT TYPE8. The direct primary law mean something to Paul Clagstone, promt- JUDGE CAMPBELL GRANTS FOUR DIVORCE DECREES Circuit Judge Campbell hns grant ed decrees of divorce In the folio inc cases: G. I.. Couslneau agalm-t Olive A. Couslneau; Neva Grelg against. George O. Grelg, plaintiff s name, Ne ve Goodcy, restored; Iteatrice l-arotfi I'hllllps Against Royalton Sila Phil lips and Hadle Etter Mbhy against A. Ii. 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