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PORTLAND, SATURDAY", NOV. 8, 1906.
ELECTION DAY.
Next Tuesday comes the National
waahday, when we shall soap our po
litical garments and scrub them clean
for another year's wear. So much
needs cleaning; that It Is difficult to
make a thorough job of it In one day,
but we usually do the beet we can and
let the rest go over for another twelve
month. In this we are like those for
eigners who scandalize good American
housewives1 by throwing dirty sheets
and shirts down cellar to lie until the
annual washday comes round. Then,
with a terrible spattering of euds and
whirling of steam, they haul up the
sweltering mass and go through the
show, If not the reality, of purifying it.
It is dawning slowly upon the Amer
ican people that political purification,
like bathing, does not quite accomplish
ell that is desired if it is done only
once a year. Even as washday comes
with more effect if it comes weekly, so
political renovation must be accom
plished little by little and day by day
a the acorn grows. The great prob
lem of democratic government is to
find some way to make the masses of
the people take a continuous and in
telligent interest in the affairs of the
Government.
The annual, spasmodic, election In
terest is not enough. It is too passion
ate, inconsiderate, and too easily mis
led. The citizen's ballot on election
day should express the result of a
year's study and deliberation. Too
often, as things are, if expresses the
Influence-of a drink of whisky or a
handshake with a wily candidate. It is
only the most Intelligent ani consci
entious voter who looks upon a general
election as an opportunity to influence
the destiny of the nation and impress
his own thought upon the institutions
under which we live. Most of them
think more of the excitement of the
contest and the temporary importance
which the right of suffrage bestows.
When once their votes are cast this
importance vanishes, while the man
who is a student, even in a modest
way, of great questions and votes as
he thinks counts as a factor in public
affaire all the year round.
Students of politics are agreed that
the way to interest the voter continu
ously in public affairs and make his
interest deliberate instead of whimsical
and passionate is to throw responsibil
ity upon him. Responsibility sobers
every intelligent human being. The
best methods yet devised for throwing
it upon the plain, undistinguished voter
is through the direct primary and the
Initiative and referendum laws. The
old scheme of party conventions re
duced the voter to a mere automaton
who registered with more or less accu
racy the will of a convention over
which he had not the least control.
The system of legislation through rep
resentatives, with no appeal to the
electorate, 'blighted his aspirations for
progress and baffled hla intelligence.
Government under the old methods was
a machine moved by forces which he
could neither understand nor change.
Study was futile and effort vain.
Hence the most significant movement
in politics this Fall is that toward di
rect primaries, which may be discerned
clearly in some states, dimly in others.
In Washington both parties have de
clared for it. In Nebraska it divides
public interest with the never-failing
railroad question. The revolt against
railroad domination and corporation
rule in general is only another aspect
of the same deep forces which create
the popular demand for direct primar
ies. Both express the growing dissatis
faction of the people with the partial
and inadequate measure of self-government
which they enjoy. They are the
fliiet steps toward direct legislation,
which is sure to follow them In a short
time. It is the general verdict of im
partial observers that representative
government has not fulfilled entirely
the expectations of its early advocates.
In cities and in many states it has
. completely broken down as an efficient
working system. In our National Gov
ernment it has become, according to
H. r. Wells, one of the first social
thinkers of modern times, a decrepit
machine so cumbered with its own fric
tion that it can accomplish nothing. Of
course this Is an exaggeration; but we
all know with what infinite creaking
and groaning the machine grinds out
beneficial legislation, even under the
hand of such a master as Roosevelt.
Of course nobody expects the refer
endum in National affairs, except after
long experiment and by slow ap
proaches, but the movement in that
direction is unmistakable; while the
growing determination to break some
of the shackles of what Mr. Wells calls
our "antiquated constitution" is indi
cated by the resolute efforts of the peo
ple everywhere to take the election of
United States Senators under their own
control. These matters are vastly more
momentous than the campaign against
Mr. Hearst in New York, though they
are not nearly so exciting. Were
Hearst to be elected he would turn out
like other bugaboos. He would find
himself entangled In the web of our
complicated governmental system,
powerless to do either much harm or
much good. The slow and silent forces
which are operating to make the peo
ple genuine rulers of the country are
the things which will show up as sig
nificant "when the hurly-burly's done,
when the battle's lost and won."
HIS RIGHT TO SPEAK.
Root's speech at Utica was an earn
est and severe one. He spoke for the
Administration, as he had a right to
do; for President Roosevelt and his Ad
ministration have been attacked in the
most virulent manner by Hearst and
his supporters. Everything had been
misrepresented, and the Administration
had a right to reply. Incidentally .it
was Root's right, as it was his duty, to
show what manner of man Hearst is,
what his political associations are, and
what consequences might be expected,
Should he be elected.
But the Hearst following is wild with
rage. It accuses President Roosevelt
of an attempt to dictate to and brow
beat the voters of New York, and as
serts that his -Secretary of State is far
away from the line of privilege and
propriety when he goes to the people to
make a political speech.
Since when has it been established
that members of a National Adminis
tration could not with propriety go be
fore the people on the eve of an elec
tion, to explain measures and policies
to the people, to meet false accusations
or to refute misrepresentations? It has
been done by Cabinet members from
time immemorial. It always will be
done. Exposure of the character of a
candidate like Hearst, whose speeches
and yellow Journals reek with the most
virulent falsehoods, may properly be a
part of such addresses to the people.
If the record one has made, including
his incitements to assassination, be re
viewed, by what right does he, or any
follower, object?
Besides, it is a National election, in
volving Representatives in Congress
and Senators from many states. The
Administration has a right to speak
for itself, as every preceding one has
done, and as every following one
will do.
A WONDERFUL EXHIBIT.
At the close of the Civil War the
debt of the United States exceeded
$3,000,000,000. It is now a little more
than one-third of that amount. That
Is, nearly two-thirds of the debt has
been paid, and the Interest on the re
mainder reduced to a rate merely nom
inal compared with that paid at the
close of the war. And while but one
third of the debt remains, the wealth
and resources of the country have in
creased five-fold.
Again, during the period since the
close of the wari pensions have been
paid exceeding in amount the debt in
curred in support of the National
cause, existing at the close of the
struggle. Other vast sums have been
expended by the Government for im
provement and support of its arma
ments and its rivers and harbors, pub
lic buildings and other utilities. Yet
withal, National taxation is little felt,
in Comparison with taxation for local
and state purposes. It should be said,
however, that the indirect, and there
fore most productive and least bur
densome sources of taxation are in the
hands of the General Government.
Without jbeing "mad for material
things" we may take pride in the ma
terial progress of the country, during
the last forty years. History has noth
ing to compare with It. And, what
ever pessimists and croakers may say
to the contrary, the country has made
great progress in these forty years,
and still is making marvelous prog
ress in recognition and observance of
the laws of morality, honor, and truth.
This makes an alert public conscience,
which is the mother of righteousness.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND DEMOCRACY.
The school budget of Greater London
is the biggest thing in the world, in
that line. The education committee of
the London County Council reports
that there is a yearly expenditure upon
the public elementary schools of Lon
don alone of $25,000,000. The average
roll of these schools is 750,000. Besides
these schools the County Council main
tains 13 technical institutes and schools
of art, 3 training colleges, 8 pupil-
teachers' centers, 12 secondary schools,
and 370 evening schools; besides par
tially supporting' 4 university colleges,
29 polytechnics, technical institutes and
schools of art, 1 training college, 51
secondary schools, 10 industrial, truant
and day industrial, 120 special schools
for the deaf and otherwise defective, 19
physical laboratories, 37 chemical lab
oratories, 52 general science rooms, 33
lecture rooms, 205 manual' training
centers, 185 cookery centers, 144 laun
dry centers and 36 housewifery centers;
together with Instruction in primming
given to 63,089 pupils with the result
that 18,248 actually learned to swim last
year.
Reviewing this report, the Boston
Transcript doubts whether for mass of
outlay, numbers of pupils and breadth
and variety of teaching, there is any
thing like this London exhibit in the
world, even in the New World, which
vainly imagines that it has the only
public schooling worth talking about.
But, adds the Transcript, the mere
mass of it is not the only wonderful
thing about it. It is a conscious effort
towards democracy in education, in an
old stronghold of privilege. The old
English Idea that one sort of an educa
tion should be provided for one class
of people and another sort of education
for another sort has been overcome and
the principle established that there
must be equality of opportunity for all
so far as circumstances will allow. As
Professor Michael Sadler puts it, "there
should be open to all who wish It, and
without any respect to birth or social
consideration, access to systematic
courses- of secondary education in day
schools, diversified according to the
aptitude of the pupils and according to
what they and their parents feel will
be useful to them in life." Here Is a
stand, taken by a Briton, which should
be an inspiration to many a doubting
American authority in education. For
there is a growing party in this country
in favor of discriminating in school
ing privileges and school courses with
reference to supposed social differences
among the pupils of the public schools.
In the greater and richer cities this
displays itself, and we are glad to see
a protest from Boston against it.
A SUGGESTION TO WOMEN'S CLUBS.
It may be gleaned from the resolu
tions on moral' education adopted by
the Federation of Women's Clubs that
some of their members believe the
teaching of ethics in the public schools
might be improved. The question is
open to debate. The effectiveness of
ethical instruction can be properly
Judged only by its results. The crucial
inquiry Is this: "Do the public schools
produce a reasonably moral state of
mind and conduct in their pupils?"
The most that we can fairly demand is
comparative excellence. To" ask for
perfection is simply to display one's
ignorance of the conditions that limit
all human activity.
Some light on the question might per
haps be attained by comparing the
morals of citizens educated in the pub
lic schools with those of the more fa
vored ' classes who attend private
schools and afterward enjoy the benefi
cent influences of the colleges. This
would amount to a comparison between
the morals of our so-called middle and
lower classes and those of the upper
classes, or millionaire society.
Most of those Americans who belong
to the second generation of the wealthy
have been educated in private schools
with a course In college to finish. It
is from among these men that the indi
viduals arise who occupy themselves in
grabbing franchises, bribing members
of the Legislature and making perjured
tax returns to the Assessor. They are
also the ones whose scandalous viola
tions of. the marriage bond bring the
Nation into disgrace. It is they who
formerly supported "Town Topics" and
who continue to support publications
even worse in character though not so
notorious. Their lives, in too many
cases, are a shameless riot, a continu
ous orgy.
Among the lower classes, on the
other hand, who are educated in the
public schools, we hear of no system
atic and persistant attempts to rob
their fellow-citizens. Their lives,
though by no means above reproach,
are not an open and crying scandal.
Their reading, though often foolish, is
seldom wicked. Upon the whole, their
morale compare very favorably with
those of the upper classes who have
enjoyed more select educational advan
tage. Therefore one almost feels like
advising the Women's Clubs to direct
their investigations toward the private
schools and colleges as a field where
moral reform Is vastly more called for
than in the public schools.
FOR THE FEEBLE-MINDED.
Oregon is a rapidly growing state.
This statement is verified in every de
partment of commusjity progress, in
dustrial, financial, commercial, agricul
tural, educational and humane. Legis
lation to meet these several conditions
of growth will be called for at the
coming session of the Legislature.
Wide and varied are the measures al
ready contemplated, and there is every
reason to believe that our legislators
will go to Salem strong in the desire
to separate- the wise from the unwise
in the great bulk of measures present
ed to their consideration.
Among the measures that will be
presented and urged in the name of hu
manity will be a law providing for the
establishment of a home for the feeble
minded. It is a discredit to the state
that it has no institution in which this
most unfortunate class can find a re
treat suited to their most pitiable con
dition; no place where the more intelli
gent among them since there are de
grees of intelligence or of idiocy that
demand consideration can be taught
to use their hands in some useful, sim
ple craft, and thus cultivate an odd
nook in their poor brains that is open
or may be opened to a ray of light.
To this extent the State of Oregon is
a laggard in growth. Over in Wash
ington, near Vancouver, there is a
home industrial, educational and pro
tective where children of this class
are gathered for instruction and care.
An imposing brick building, upon a
commanding site and surrounded by
ample grounds, attests the humanity
and the economic spirit of our sister
state inV providing for its defective
classes, while the good work that has
been and is being done in this institu
tion is a matjter of public record and
community knowledge.
In our own state, as yet, no provision
has been made for the care of idiots
and the instruction according to their
poor capacity of the feeble-minded. The
asylum for the insane has been, and
still is, their only refuge. Born many
of them into homes of ignorance, un
thrlft, perhaps of destitution, they are,
after a few years, more or less, taken
from thence to the asylum for the in
sane, where they are as wholly out of
place as they were in their homes and
there kept, because they must be kept
somewhere, without special attention
beyond supplying their simple animal
needs. For some of them this is per
haps all that can be done under any
conditions, but experience in other
states has shown that a large majority
of feeble-minded children can be
taught, each some one thing, that they
can learn to do well, even to a sur
prising degree; that they can be made
happy in applying their hands to some
simple, useful purpose, and become in
a measure and under proper conditions
self-supporting, or partially so. The
offense of placing these children in the
environment of an insane community is
a grievous one against humanity; it is,
moreover, in an economic sense stupid
and wasteful, and from whatever point
it is viewed it is one of which the state
should acquit itself without further
delay.
Down in Texas the verdict in a suit
Involving title to a valuable tract of
land was brought in by the jury three
minutes past midnight, according to
standard time, and fifteen minutes be
fore midnight, solar time. The trial
Judge held that court proceedings are
governed by standard time, and hence
he could not receive the verdict and
enter Judgment because the term of
court ended at midnight. The Supreme
Court reversed the decision, holding
that courts are governed by solar time.
And yet there are some men upon the
bench who wonder why the people have
contempt for courts of law, when the
Judges do not know how to tell the
time of day. But if it is true that
courts are to be governed by solar time,
we should provide some means by
which the courts can ascertain the time
of day. Courthouses should be built
facing squarely toward the south, so
that the judges could set their watches
when the shadow on the floormakes a
line parallel with the cracks between
the boards. If this important question
has not already been settled In Oregon,
the next Legislature should pass a law
declaring whether courts shall be gov
erned by the sun or the railroads, the
latter having made a standard time.
Imagine the mental strain of a litigant
sitting in an Oregon courtroom waiting
for a Jury to come in, and, upon asking
the clerk of the court what time it is,
receiving the response "I don't know,
the Supreme Court has never passed
upon that question."
In an extended discussion of the pop
ular dissatisfaction with the adminis
tration of Justice in this country, Ros
coe Pound .presented . before the Na
tional Bar Association some interesting
facts, but suggested no practical rem
edy. He says, among other things,
that one cause of dissatisfaction is the
inevitable difference in rate of progress
between law and public opinion. Law
follows . public opinion, sometimes at
the distance of a generation, which
leads to the assertion that the living
are ruled by the dead, a truth which no
one will dispute. And that the forma
tion of law is much slower than public
opinion is no more true than that the
enforcement of law lags behind public
opinion's demand for it. We have a
striking example of this in the recent
enforcement of the laws against trusts
and in this state the enforcement of
the public land laws. These laws,
though well known, have been openly
violated by large numbers of people.
Dissatisfaction long expressed finally
brought the officers of the law to an
acquiescence in the demands of public
opinion. Yet, as the speaker said, law
must inevitably be slower than public
opinion, and because it must be slower
the people will always be dissatisfied
with out system of jurisprudence.
Opinion is divided about the justice
and advisability of enforcing the order
of Mrs. Sarah A. Evans, Matket In
spector, against smoking in grocery
stores. Smokers generally are of opin
ion that it is an arbitrary assumption
of authority; non-smokers are gewr
ally of the opinion that it is Justified
by pure food and other just considera
tions. In view of the fact that the
odor of tobacco smoke is nauseating to
some and annoying to many, smoking
should pot be indulged in public places,
where one person has the same rights
as to air, space and business as an
other. This is a simple, straight prop
osition of the Tights of the individual.
As to the contamination of uncovered
food in the open market by the fumes
of tobacco, blown from the mouths of
men in all stages of health', disease,
cleanliness and uncleanliness, there can
be no doubt. Public opinion is the final
arbiter in all such matters. If it does
not sustain the Market Inspector in
this instance it will be because, like
the unwilling grocers, it fears to "of
fend; prominent citizens."
Hearst, through his New York Amer
ican, has been heaping vile epithets on
McKelway, editor of the Brooklyp
Eagle, a Democratic paper that refuses
to support Hearst.- McKelway says
Hearst's abuse does not much concern
him, for Hearst "has called President
McKinley a contemptible poltroon;
President Cleveland a convenience of
predatory wealth, and President Roose
velt 'a player to the colored gallery."
Moreover, he "has called Secretary
Root a spotty corporation attorney, Al
ton B. Parker a cockroach, George B.
McClellan a sneakthief. Senator Bailey
a dogcatcher, ex-Mayor Osborne a sor
did idiot, Charles E. Hughes a liar, and
Richard Watson Gilder a pathetic imi
tation of a young girl." The funny
thing about all this is that Hearst in
dignantly denounces those who oppose
him as blackguards.
It Is easier for a common carrier to
satisfy the public by supplying trans
portation facilities than to pacify pub
lic indignation demanding radical re
dress. Reciprocal demurrage is bitter
medicine, and the dose could have been
warded off easier with a larger supply
of cars.
What trolley lines will do for the Val
ley is shown in the East. An electric
line practically parallels the Boston &
Albany from Boston to Worcester, and
the ride of 51 miles costs 50 cents. This
week the railway line reduced its pas
senger fare to 2 cents a mile.
Senator Clark, of Montana, will not
be a candidate for re-election this Win
ter. The Winter is going to be very
severe on those who have little money
to buy fuel at present high prices, and
our sympathy goes out to the legislat
ors of Montana.
Henry Clews warns the American
people to economize or they will shortly
find themselves in financial straits.
Nonsense! In good times we don't
need to save money; in hard times we
can't.
One of the marvels of Salem the other
day was the appearance of Colonel
Hofer's paper without an editorial.
The Colonel must have grown tire'd
since another man was chosen for Col
lector of Customs.
Should Hearst be beaten Bryan will
be restored to the leadership of the
Democratic party. Should Hearst be
elected in New York, nothing could
prevent his nomination for the Presi
dency. If Senator Fulton shall get the appro
priations he is aiming at for Oregon,
he will do a big work. But Senator
Bourne will find other things to ac
complish. There's plenty for both.
An Important subject for the Legis
lature at Salem next Winter has
scarcely yet been mentioned, but doubt
less will receive attention'at the proper
time "House bill No. 104."
If Japanese should be arrested for
playing dominoes for money, wonder
if their compatriots at home would
threaten war for alleged discrimina
tion. .
George Ade denies that he will wed
Helen Hale. Here's hoping that he
knows what he is talking about and
that the lady will not sue him.
Just think how unnatural the fresh
air of Fifth avenue, in New York City,
must be, deprived of the gasoline odors
of the striking chauffeurs.
Count Boni will get alimony but
Anna Gould still will have the coronet
for which she sold herself and her for
tune. Count Boni still has hopes. Despair,
with a big slice of the Gould millions
still in sight, would be folly indeed.
It's a case where the Hearst readers
must buy other newspapers if they
want all the news.
A newspaper man is running the Al
bany Herald. Heretofore it was run
by a business man.
VASTXESS OF CAXAL AVOR.K.
Shown by Figures on Axcavatlon and
Construction.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2. Some idea of
the vastnese of the Panama Canal pro
ject is conveyed in a circular issued by
the Commission today for the information
of prospective bidders for constructing
the canal. It is said that the quantities
of material to be removed and -to be
applied to the work of construction are
only approximate and even the location
and character of structures may be
changed. It is hoped, however, that ex
act information will be collected by the
committee of five engineers who are
charged to estimate a reasonable cost and
time for completing the canal.
The circular states under separate heads
the character of the work to be done. The
amount of excavation is staggering in
extent. The summary shows that the esti
mated excavation and structural material
in the sections are approximately as fol
lows: Colon section, 9.455. 000 cubic yards;
Mindi, 11.000.000 yards; Gatun locks, exca
vation, 3.660,000 yards: concrete. 1,302.780
yards; steel Rates, 29,230.000 pounds; Gatun
dam, earth tilled. 21.2OO.0OO yards; Gatun
regulating works, excavation, 1,580.000
yards; concrete, 189,000 yards; sluices,
5.000.000 pounds; Lake section, excavation,
24.000.000 yards: Culebra excavation. 39.000,
000 yards; Pedro Miguel excavation, 6.835,
000 yards; Pedro Miguel lock excavation,
1,170.000 yards: embankment, 1,100.000
yards; back till. 390,000 yards: . concrete.
513,612 yards; cast iron. 372,000 pounds;
steel gates, 19,500,000 pounds; Lake Sosa
section, excavation. 1.680.000 yards; Sosa
locks, excavation, 1.430,000 yards; back fill,
950,000 yards; concrete, 992,000 yards; cut
stone, 600,000 yards; brick. 14.000 yards;
cast iron, 1. 21,000 pounds; steel gates,
37.180,000 pounds: La Boca dam, 6.300.001)
yards; Corosal-9osa dam, 5.397,000 yards;
Panama Bay excavation, 8,528,000 yards.
Will Consider Battleship Plans.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2.-pSecretary Bo
naparte today appointed a board consist
ing of the Assistant Secretary of the
Navy, the Englneer-ln-Chief of the Navy,
the Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance, the
Chief Constructor of the Navy, Captain
John P. Merrill, Captain Raymond P.
Rogers and Captain Richard Wainwrlght
to consider 'the plans submitted to the
Navy Department for the new battleship.
The board is to report Its decision to the
Department not later than Nov. 20.
Shaw Causes Silver to Advance.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 2.-The Director
of the Mint today purchased 100,000 ounces
of silver for delivery at the Denver mint
at 71,25c per fine ounce, and 50,000 ounces
for delivery at the Philadelphia mint at
71.20c per fine ounce.
MRS. LEAFGHEEX FIGHTING
Refused Jury Trial, She Tries to
Save Basis of Claim.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Nov. 2. (Special.)
The suit of Mrs. Mary Leafgreen, alleged
former wife of Mayor Miller of Turn
water, Wash., against the estate of the
late Laclede Howard, came up for hear
ing today before Judge Reynolds of the
Circuit Court on appeal from the Probate
Court.
Mr. O'Connor, representing Mrs. Leaf
green, asked for a jury trial. Judge Rey
nolds denied the application. Mr. O'Con
nor then asked for a continuance in order
to look into his rights in the matter. This
application was also refused. The court
informea Mr. O'Connor that the case
would either have to go to trial or oe
dismissed. Mr. O'Connor then asked for
a nonsuit, but this was objected to by
the attorney for the defendant and the
court was asked to affirm the decision of
the Prabate Court.
Judge Reynolds was In doubt as to his
rights in the matter and continued the
case until tomorrow.
PEXXSYLVAXIA RAISES WAGES
Nearly 150,000 Men on the Various
Lines Are Affected.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Nov. 2. The
Ledger tomorrow will say:
The wages of all employes of Penn
sylvania Railroad system on lines east
and west of Pittsburg are to be in
creased. Nearly 150,000 men will be
affected. It is probable the Increase
will be effective December 1, but on
account of detail work to be done be
fore a sweeping order is issued, it may
be later.
The management is considering a
proposition to grant an increase of ten
per cent to all employes whose salary
per month Is less than $500. The
monthly payroll of the system aver
ages about $10,000,030, and an increase
would mean the additional payment of
$1,000,000. The total number of em
ployes on the combined systems af
fected is about 133,565.
OIL MOXEY FOR BAPTISTS
Rockefeller Gives $75,000 to Re
build San Francisco Churches.
NEW YORK, Nov. 2. It was an
nounced today that John D. Rockefeller
has made to the American Baptist
Home Mission Society a conditional gift
of $75,001 toward the rebuilding of
destroyed and injured Baptist churches
in and about San Francisco. The condition-is
that the society shall raise
as much more by April 1 next.
First Immigrants to the South.
CHARLESTON, S. C, Nov. 2. Immi
gration officials arrived today to pre
pare for the reception of the Immi
grant ship Wittekind, expected tomor
row with 500 aliens from Bremen. This
will be the first immigrant movement
through a South Atlantic port in half
a century. Many employers from the
South are exoected here to engage the
immigrants.
L00K OUT, BRYAN,
ELECTION BOARD TESTIFIES
Says Complaint Only Related to Pe
tition of One Candidate.
NEW YORK. Nov. 2. The four mem
bers of the Board of Elections appeared
before Magistrate Whitman today in re
sponse to summonses issued on the re
quest of Mr. Dewitt, attorney, for the In
dependence League, in connection with
charges that nomination petitions filed
with the board by the league were muti
lated and rendered void.
President Voorhls testified that some
of the petitions when filed- were loosely
put together and the pages of others were
not even fastened. He declared the board
had taken all possible precautions to
protect the petitions and that, with the
exception of the petition of Franklyn
Qulnby. candidate for Congress, no com
plaint was made concerning the abstrac
tion of pages or the mutilation of peti
tions. In reply to questions by District Attor
ney Jerome. Mr. Voorhls said the petition
was rejected by the board after an ex
amination of witnesses. " The witnesses
were not under oath when they testified,
however. He said the real trouble is in
the law, which should allow ten days in
stead of three for the examination of
petitions.
Mr. Voorhls' testimony was corrobor
ated by the other commissioners. An
adjournment until Monday was then
granted on request of Mr.' Jerome, who
said he had information as to the identity
of the individual supposed to have been
concerned in the mutilation of the petitions.
SOCIALISTS THROWN INTO JAIL
Insisted on Street-Speaking, Despite
Injunctions of Police.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Nov. 2. Fifteen So
cialist speakers were arrested on the
streets of Seattle tonight, lodged in jail
and denied bail. Among those taken in
custody were candidates for Congress,
the Supreme and Superior Benches and
other offices to be voted on next Tuesday.
For several months there has been war
between the police and the Socialists, the
latter insisting on holding meetings
against the orders of the former. The So
cialists allege police persecution, and al
lege that in being denied the privilege of
street speaking the right of freedom of
speech is being trampled on by the police.
During the arrests tonight two men
were taken and booked on charges of
assaulting police officers in the perform
ance of their duties. Nearly 3000 people
assembled on the streets. The arrests ou
curred in different parts of the city.
PREXY GETS BLACK EYE.
Assaulted by High School Students
on Campus.
TACOMA, Wash., Nov. 2. (Special.) As
the result of an assault by a party of
High School students Halloween night.
President B. H. Kroeze, of Whitworth
College, is wearing a black eye. His nose
has a hump across the -bridge and the
skin has been scraped oft by contact with
a pair of hard knuckles.
Dr. Kroeze received his decorations
when he attempted to put a stop to al
leged vandalism by a number of High
School students on the college grounds
Halloween night. While he was escort
ing one of the party off the college prop
erty the others attacked him, rolled him
in the mud, and one of them struck him
in the face. The identity of the profes
sor's assailants was learned when a unm
ber of the college boys captured four of
them and compelled them to give their
own names and those of their compan
ions before a "kangaroo court."
To keep them out of mischief, the stu
dents of Whitworth College had been per
miited to hold a mask ball at the resi
dence Halloween night. During the even
ing reports were received that some of
the High School boys in the North End
were going to attempt to break up the
party. Dr. Kroeze laid in wait for them
and collared one of the youngsters. He
was tripped up and all but put out of
business, but was rescued by Whitworth
boys.
31 EAT IS TOO DEAR TO EAT
Germans Fast Becoming Nation of
Vegetarians.
BERLIN, Nov. 2. (Special.) Famine
prices for meat are making a nation of
vegetarians of the German, people. From
the tables of most working "people meat
has entirely disappeared and even the
comparatively well-to-do are" buying it
only as a luxury. The upper classes feel
the pinch through the increased prices
charged at the hotels and fashionable
restaurants.
The entire country is ringing with pro
tests at the government's stubborn re
fusal to furnish remedial legislation. The
Berlin City Council has passed resolu
tions calling upon the government to open
the frontiers to foreign cattle and meat,
hitherto excluded at the behest of the
Agrarian leaders.
A crisis is not impossible in the ministry
If the general demand is disregarded.
General von Podbieisky. Minister of Agri
culture, is generally blamed for existing
conditions and the clamor for his resigna
tion Is constantly swelling.
. Shadow Rich Collectors.
ROME, Nov. 2. (Special.) Mrs. Jack
Gardiner, of Boston, has been making ex
tensive purchases of paintings and other
works of art at Perugia, where the rarest
speciments of antiquarian skill are being
prepared for the coming exhibition. The
recently discovered theft of priceless
manuscripts from the Episcopal archives
of Pistoja is supposed to have been in
stigated by some rich foreign collectors,
and a strict watch is being kept on all
millionaires in Italy now, who are noted
for their propensities as collectors.
IT'S A SHORT CUT I"
W
MA A.
-From the Brooklyn Eagle.
SOME FEATURES
OF THE SUNDAY
K OREGONIAN
First and foremost, all the world's
news by Associated Press, special
correspondents and members of The.
Oreironlun staff, making the fullest
and most complete record of any
Pacific t oast newspaper.
ILLUSTRATIONS
WITH COLORS
With tomorrow's issue, a four
page humorous supplement for th
children the best obtainable.
Its main feature is a tale of tht
adventures of Dolly Drake and
Bobby Blake, told partly in jing
ling rhyme by Margaret Hays, who
knows children. The pictures are
by Grace Wilderseim, whose il
lustrative work is well known
through popular juvenile books. As
a boy and a girl are involved in
the story, it cannot fail to appeal
to all the young youngsters in
the household. Absence of gro
tesque and clownish blemishes will
commend the feature to parents
who appreciate clean humor.
The Magazine Section will here-
, after bo printed in colors, adding
much to its typographical attract
iveness. Whatever lends itself to
tills form of embellishment will be
, so utilized. Descriptive and lit-
erary matter will be kept up to
the best standard.
SEA YARNS THAT WILL
MAKE YOU LAUGH
No writer of sailors' tales, afloat
and ashore, won popularity so
quickly as the late V. W. Jacobs,
whose first productions were pub
lished In the Strand Magazine. The
Sunday Oregonian has secured the
serial rights to fourteen of his best
yarns.
These will be published weekly
anil each is complete in itself.
"The Resurrection of Mr. Wiggett"
appears tomorrow. Read it.
If the whimsicalities and the
humor of sudden jtiml improbable
developments that mark Mr.
Jacobs' yarns do not entertain
and hold you, then you are not
built to enjoy a very popular form
of story telling.
AMONG THE GULLS
ON KLAMATH LAKE
A human story told with the pen
and the camera by William I.
Kinley and Herman T. Hohlman.
The pictures are remarkahle and
the stVry of the way they were
obtained is not the least interesting
feature of a chapter in local nat
ural history. School children as
well as grown folk will be inter
ested In it.
MOST DANGEROUS
OF ALL SPORTS
Balloon racing now puts all other
speed contests into a.n Inferior
class. A correspondent tells a lot
of interesting stuff about the recent
races in France where an Ameri
can, Frank P. Lahm, won first
honors.
CHUCKWAGON CAL
ON DIVORCE
The cook of the calf wraslers
outfit, after airing his views on the
great social pruliirm of the age,
concludes that our currency will
soon be divided into throe classes
easy money, tainted money and ali
mony. FORTUNES MADE
BY FARMING BEES
Mr. W. B. Northrop writes from
London about a college recently
founded to teach bee culture. He
tolls of young women who make
clear from JiaiO to :fi a year in
one of the best of outdoor voca
tions. Thousands of Oregon young
women- can do the same thing.
MOUNTAIN SHRINERS
OF RELIGIOUS JAPAN
Annie Laura Miller, of Oregon,
has made a pilgrimage to the
natural altars and crags above
tile clouds in Japan. She caught
the spirit of tho worshipers and
sets it down in a charming letter.
OBADIAH OLDWAY ON
HALLOWEEN PRANKS
The Hoaxville philosopher in
dulges In dreams of boyhood days
from which ho is most rudely
awakened.
OLD DRAMATIC FAVORITES
AND SEVERAL NEW ONES
A. H. Ballard, writing from New
York, tolls how Henry Irving' s son
has made good in classical plays,
and lets go of a secret by disclos
ing that Catiirine Countiss' hair
has resumed its natural color.
WHERE WOMEN SMOKE
AND "BOSS" THE MEN
A Manila correspondent tells of
cigars so large that It takes a day
or two for a woman to smoke only
one of them, and presents queer
phases of an almost unknown in
dustry in the Philippine Islands.
SUCCESS AND FAILURE IN
NEW YORK THEATRICALS
The regular New York letter tells
of the fate met by the various
plays which have been tried out
in the metropolis this season.
While some of the new attractions
have met with cold receptions, the
established favorites, such as "The
Girl From the Golden West" and
"The Lion and the Mouse" are
drawing liberal patronase. The
opening of "Nurse Marjorfe," by
Zangwill, in which Eleanor Robson
is starring, is described, and men
tion is made of the visit of Saint
Saens. the French composer.
NOTES, NEWS AND
GOSSIP OF SPORTDOM
Complete reports of important
Eastern football games as well as
those of the Pacific Coast are given
in the sporting department. Atten
tion is also paid to the closing days
of the baseball season and, in fact,
to every seasonable sport. With its
large staff of special writers and
correspondents, as well as the
service of The Associated Press,
The Sunday Oregonian presents to
its readers the most complete re
view of the sporting world given in
any paper in the Northwest.
SOCIETY, MUSIC
AND THE DRAMA
All current happenings which
come under these departments are
presented attractively illustrated
and written by staff writers and
artists. Announcements of engage
ments, descriptions of marriages
and all notable gatherings are
given each week. There is also
announcement of coming plays in
the local theaters, as well as those
which have held the boards for the
past week.
BOOK REVIEWS AND
NEWS OF LITERARY FIELD
Fall novels and gift books are
coming in rapidly, and for these
and gossip concerning men and
women workers In the field of let
ters, see the book page. Books spe
cially reviewed tiiis week are:
"Sir Nigel," by Sir A. Conan
Doyle; "Walt Whitman," by Bliss
Perry; "The Happy-Go-Lucky,"
translated from the German; "Or
ganized Democracy," by Albert
Stickney; "Teachers' Guide to the
International Sunday School Les
sons for 11)07," by Martha Tarbell,
Ph. D. ; "A Lady of Rome." by F.
Marion Crawford; "The Imperso
nator." by Mary Imlay Taylor;
"Geronimo's Story of His Life."
edited by S. M. Bartlett; "The
Charlatans," by Bert Lester Tay
lor; "The Dragon Paituer," by
Mary McNeill Fenollosa.