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PORTLAND, THCKSDAY. DEC. 1808.
SHIFTING POLITICS IN tOUTII.
Many comments hare been made
fhroughout the United States since the
Presidential election about the disin-
:. gration of the solid Democratic
South. None of them, apparently, has
itruck a more responsive chord than
:he after-dinner speech of Mr. Taft
Monday night in New York before an
rganlzation of North Carolinians,
hen he told of his desire to act In ac
;ordance with their real economic and
political beliefs and to put away the
"negro question
Throughout the United States, of
te. there has been a falling away
.'rom old political divisions. "Non-
partisanship" has been a catch word
jf demagogues and they have worked
tt to the limit. In truth, however,
lon-partlsanshlp Is Impossible; all men
must join one party or another If they
. . . t I r n fi Hlt I effalra
Every dilute, every issue makes all
persons involved 1n it partisans. A
Jog-fight at once make partisans of
:he spectators
But throughout the country there
bas been a shifting of political ballast.
i readjustment of political cargo. It
would be strange if this change had
not invaded the South.
The new industrial conditions of the
Sjuth are taking it away from its old-
tnndmarks. Industrially, that part of
She United States wants the political
policies that the North has stood for.
As for the negTO problem, the South
rrn whites are coming to recognize
that their iSorthern neighbors are
rrw!ng content to let them solve it.
That is the clear meaning of Taft's
words.
In many of the Southern States the
Democratic vote showed a marked
falling off in the last Presidential elec
tion. Missouri and Maryland were car
ried for Taft. In Georgia the Demo
cratic plurality of about 30.000 was
half that of four years before. In
North Carolina and Mississippi there
was also a big decrease. Even In
Texas there was Democratic loss.
The cause of the political shifting is
plainly economic. By leaps and
bounds the South has been going for
ward In manufactures and in agricul
tural products. flies industries, tho
same as In the North, are out of ac
cord with Hryanlsm. They have
wanted none of his free silver nor his
Bnti-exp.msion nor his government
ownership nor his Fociallstic tenden
cies. They have voted for him only
from Democratic habit, but with di
minished pluralities.
Since 1900. capital invested in
FoutherM manufactures has In
creased from 1. 153.00:. 368 to $2.
100.000,000. according to the Manufac
turers' Record, published in Balti
more that is almost doubled. The
capital :n cotton and cotton oil
mills has more than doubled.
The value of tho 1'imoer output
is twioj that of eight years ago,
I'kewlse that of crV. Iron, pe
troleum and phosphates show heavy
increase Bank deposits have multi
plied two-fold. Since 1880 the totals
exhibit enormous growth. The most
striking figures are:
Manufactures. l-;n.
"'an'.tal J 2".344.."W14
3'roducts 4.17. 4.".4. 777
t'otton mie, cap Hl.non.On")
Lumber prod. . 3rve.no.orx
Lnm-ber cut, ft.3.41o.Ot)o.O(m
Varra prd. vnl 6ti0.oen.nno
Coal mm'd. tons G.n:t7,nn:t
I'lg Iron. tons.. .107.301
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Alabama is the heaviest producer
of plsr Iron; North Carolina of cotton
goods, -with South Carolina a close
second and Georgia next; Louisiana, of
lumber, then Texas, next Mississippi,
fund fourth Arkansas; West Virginia
of coal, then Alabama, an-d third Ken
tucky. This rapid progress, of course, brings
changes In political conditions. They
are voiced in the Southern press. In
language that would have nfTrlghted
the Southern people of a generation
ego. The Atlanta Constitution had
this to say after the election:
The. reautt mean that the time, has
passed when a resident of one of these
state muftt bur his social security, often,
perhaps, at the price of his political con
victions. Many business men. the Eouth over, most
of
them adherent of the Democracy all
their lives, dared to support hopefully and
openly tha candidates of the Republican
rrty, because their conviction led them
that way. , .
That Southern vote, which. In firm belief,
wrenched Itself away from sectional, politi
cal tradition and It was a large one was
significant.
It means that the South Is no longer to
be kept a a voting machine; as a slice
of country to be deponded on to go solidly
Democratic though the heavens fall; a a
mere tall to what by itself would be an
unflyablo Northern Democratic kite.
It means thnt the time has come when
the voter of te South Is going to demon
strate his faith by works and not let con
viction wait npon a cobwebbed tradition
which a new Nationalism ha decreed must
be brought up to date, to stand the test of
the reason of the hour, or fall If it fall
to do so.
What the outh needs la a few doubtful
states: then It will be In position to de
mand and get something.
This voices the tendency of the
New South. It means that the people
there are coming to vote their political
beliefs rather than their race fears.
Judge Neterer. of Bellingham, has
Just made a remarkable ruling in a
murder case by admitting on the court
record the confession of a murderer
who killed his wife last Summer. Of
( ourae the average layman who is not
in very close touch with the law may
fail to see anything remarkable in this
ruling. The man killed his wife, and
then confessed that he killed her.
line lit nun a. cij v11-"1 vast; ui mur
der, but it can readily be understood
that the lawyers for the defense are
terribly handicapped by this confes
sion, and If it could be excluded from
the recordr. and the murderer had suf
ficient money, the case might worry
vlong until the lawyers could prove
technically or otherwise that the
woman shot and buried herself. The
admission of evidence of this charac
ter is dangerous. It will not only tend
to shorten the time necessary for con
victlng a murderer, but It will eventu
ally throw a number of criminal law
yers out of.work by making murder a
less popular pastime than at present.
M It. BRYAN'S MYSTERY.
Happy is tne man who can befuddle
his own mind. Most people have to
drink whisky or eat opium in order to
nil their brains with enchanting cm
meras, but Mr. Bryan needs no such
aids. As little "Alice moved through
the looking-glass into a fairy world, so
he easily slips away from reality and
dwells with airy phantasms. Perhaps
though, he does not need to slip away
from reality. The cnances are that
he abides with ghosts all the time.
Who but Mr. Bryan would think of
seeing a "mystery" in the election of
1908? If there ever was a perfectly
plain and unperplexed event, that was
such a one. The election went as it
did because the voters believed In Mr.
Taft and did not believe In Mr. Bryan
That Is the sum and substance of the
matter. In trying to make a mystery
out of It Mr. Bryan is like Lucretia
Hale's old woman, who put salt in her
coffee. She tried all the chemicals In
the drugstore .one after another to
change the salt taste to sweet, but
finally had to throw the coffee away
We fear none of Mr. Bryan s chemi
cals, whether he calls them "mystery"
or what not, wlil sweeten the bitter
cup of the last election. The best
thing for him to do is to throw the
whole affair overboard and perpare
new set of Chautauqua lectures. This
will form a fitting prelude to a fourth
nomination and another "mystery"
Just like the present one, only more so.
ABOUT PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTA
TION. The next Legislature is authorized
but not required, to enact a propor
tional representation law. A propor
tional representation amendment, to
the constitution was adopted last
June, but this amendemnt is nit
effective until followed by legiF
lation. For various reasons It v.ill
be well to go slow in enactment
of laws of this kind. This amendment
was adopted under the initiative and,
as everybody knows, the initiative
amendment Is itself under question
before' the United States Supreme
Court. It Is possible that the Initia
tive amendment will be declared null
and void because in contravention of
that section Of the Federal constitu
tion which guarantees every state a
republican form of government. If
the initiative section of the constitu
tion should fall, all that has been
adopted under It would fall also. For
that reason alone It Js well not to en
act a proportional representation law
until the validity of the amendment
has been settled.
Then, too, this subject of propor
tional representation is one that is
very little understood. Perhaps every
one knows in a general way that the
plan contemplates securing each polit
ical party representation in proportion
to the number of Its adherents. But
there Is not one man in a thousand
who has any knowledge of the differ
ent methods by which proportional
representation can be worked out In
practice. As a matter of fact, the
eaders In the proportional representa
tion movement in the Uinted States
are very much at variance as to the
best methods to adopt. That being
true. It is no reflection upon the in
telligence of an Oregon Legislature to
say that the members of the Legis-
iture are not prepared to take up the
subject and enact a comprehensive
law at the coming session. But even
if the subject were understood by the
members of the Legislature, it is not
understood by the people. Before we
have any further legislation upon thi3
and kindred subjects. It would be bet
ter to let the matter be discussed by
the people at Grange meetings, in de
bating societies and through the press.
It is one thing to declare in favor of
proportional representation and quite
another thing to specify the manner In
which the principle of proportional
representation shall be put Into prac
tice. There is plenty of room for
doubt as to the wisdom of the propor
tional representation principle, though
the preponderance of opinion seems to
be Just now In favor of It. Whatever
Oregon may undertake will be largely
experimental, and will probably neces
sitate a redisricting of the state into
Senatorial and Representative dis
tricts. An undertaking of that char
acter should be well considered.
ILL-ADVISED RESISTANCE.
The problem of co-education is
working itself out in its own way, after
the manner of such problems. Ex
periment has shown that, while there
are many young men and young wo
men who can and do pursue their
studies together in college with the
ttendant contact in social life with
enefit to each other as students and
with pleasant and profitable associa
tion in social as well as in educational
lines, it seems likely to be demon
strated that many young people of
either sex who are away from home
for a course of study,, thrive better,
both in scholarship and character
building when in separate Institutions.
This statement does not reflect upon
the mental endowment or the moral
purpose of these young people. It is
accordance with the simple fact
that they are human beings, at the
age In which the natural, impulses are
not likely to be under control of the
Judgment.
The University of Chicago is deal
ing with an embarrassing phase of
this matter Just now, as evinced by
the order recently issued by the fac-
lty prohibiting the young women
from living in boarding-houses where
he men students have rooms, and by
the resistance offered to the decree by
the young women themselves. The
Protestants are without doubt of the
class of young women who are up
right irt morals and Irreproachable in
character and who feel abundantly
able to take care of themselves. In
hasty Judgment, which they mistake
for righteous indignation, they resent
the order as a reflection upon them
selves, whereas the truth is that the
rule was made to protect those who
are weaker and more frivolous than
they. These may or may not bo in
the majority, but for the good name
of the university, for their own sakes
and as a defense of the principle of
co-education at its most vulnerable
point, all must be governed by it.
The faculty, beset and perplexed,
intimated that exceptions may be made
to this rule. This, it Is plain, cannot
be done without giving the greatest
offense to those discriminated against.
It cannot be supposed that such a rule
was adopted by the governing powers
of the university without serious de
liberation and convincing proof that it
was a -wise and necessary provision or
precaution. In this view the cheerful
acquiescence of all concerned is the
part of wisdom. It lies with the "co
eds" themselves, as the young women
in co-educational universities have
come to be designated, to demonstrate
the propriety and desirability of co
education by conforming to rules nec
essary to protect such institutions
from the greater scandal, and the less
considerate among their number from
associations that may be the source of
lifelong regret.
Resistance to this rule is, therefore,
manifestly ill-advised. Compliance
will, no doubt, work .temporary incon
venience In many cases, and perhaps
hardship in some, but in the larger
view which should govern the matter
these things are trifling considerations.
FOOTBAXi, FOR SPORT AM) PROFIT.
At Eugene the college boys have a
net football profit of J2000, which they
will devote to student enterprises. This
is a large earning for athletics enor
mously better, as all student enthusi
asts know, than a deficit, to end up
their sport season. Friends of the
University -will expect this cash to be
spent for good purposes. The money
was made out of the two games in
Portland, one with the Multnomah
club. Financially, football has been
successful; all the creditors will tes
tify to that.
But there are some other items in
the account to be considered, not on
the profit sheet. Have there been any
losses in student health? Have any or
the boy players been physically in
Jured or Impaired by the strenuou
conflict with the mature men of the
Multnomah club? In past seasons
there have been injuries, most of them
in Portland. These may not be known
to the younger university students, but
a number of cases can be recalled by
Dersons who have watched a dozen
years of football. Loss of book study,
of course, results from football, to a
greater or less degree, but that can be
repaired and made up.
Football competition has reached
such a point that it calls for high
training. The cost of this training
necessitates big revenue. The revenue
cannot be obtained in Jnter-colleglate
games alone; there must be an addi
tional game with the "clubmen" a
group of burly, mature men, tough
ened by years of muscular work and
gridiron scars.
This subject is not popular with the
students. It is not mentioned here out
of any hostile spirit. The advantages
of football are numerous, until light
boys encounter heavy men in a "do or
die" contest. Most of the college play
ers are yet boys, though they do not
know it. As an exercise and a sport,
football is a fine game. As a spectacle
it Is open to serious criticism. Every
mother who has seen her boy meet a
mature man on the football field feels
that the game is not Just right nor
fair.
The football system Is with us, how
ever, and may not soon be changed. A
college these days without a football
team lacks the chief means of adver
tising for new students. Just as a col
lege cannot endure without a football
team, so a team cannot get along
without revenue to pay its expenses.
A RACE OF SPECTACLE WEARERS.
Dr. Woods Hutchinson, in a recent
article In the Woman's Home.Corr
panlon, under the title "Eyes to See,
cites the plaint, heard on every hand.
that we are becoming a race of spec
tacle wearers; that our children are
born old and that both sight and hear-
ng are breaking down under the ter
rific strain of civilization, In the di
rect, forceful and earnest manner
haracteristic of this writer he pro
ceeds to lay this ghost of apprehen
sion or at least to allay the terror that
Its stalking presence excites.
He finds in the first place that
much of the apprehension that is felt
n regard to the general Inability of
the eyes to stand the strain of civiliza
tion is due to ignorance of the sub
ject. We speak of the keen sight of
the savage when, as a matter of fact,
his eyes were used for long distance
service almost exclusively. The tasks
put upon them Involved no close
work, yet they failed him early in life,
as indeed did his other special senses.
The "noble savage," he declares, is
simply a myth of civilization a state
ment that is verified by the descrip
tion of him found In the century-old
Journal of Lewis and Clark and by
the memory of him and his as they
wandered up and down the Willam
ette Valley half a century ago.
The Indian's environment put enor
mous strain upon his physical senses.
with the result that they served his
eeds for a time, but failed him early.
The average savage tribe in the open
ot only had an enormous death rate.
but their teeth, eyes and sense or
hearing failed them early and the few
who survived to old age became blind,
or nearly so; toothless and hard of
hearing groveling,, under-sized, piti
able caricatures of humanity. The In
dian simply "gave out," not knowing
why. Civilized man, on the contrary,
notes the defects in his physical
senses, and in proportion' to his ad
vancement in knowledge applies
thereto corrective measures.
Close work has developed iwhat is
known as "eye strain"; blurred vis
Ion, headache and nervousness follow;
science is appealed to, glasses correct
ing the defect are placed before the
eyes and lo, they are as good as ever
In many cases better than at first.
In the opinion of Dr. Hutchinson,
practically the only basis for the oft
repeated assertion and firm convic
tion that the civilized eye is Inferior
to that of the savage is the fact that
the savage or inherited eye will not do
civilized work without assistance.
This assistance given, the eye becomes
equal to iLs new tasks, furthermore,
he says that there Is no valid proof
that the civilized eye has become any
weaker or less adequate during the
past hundred or two hundred years.
"I see so many more people who
wear glasses than I used to see," says
the man anxious for the welfare of
the race.
"That is probably because you see
bo many more people than formerly,"
replied an equally observant but more
practical man who sat beside him in
the crowded trolley-car.
"But so many children wear glasses
now," persisted th, first speaker.
"That is because defects in sight
in the young were not discovered and
the remedy was not applied until
witnin recent years," answered the
other.
This is the simple solution of facts
that are frequently noted with grave
concern. Our population is rapidly
multiplying; everybody now gets
abroad where formerly everybody
stayed at home. This means that we
see more people than formerly. Sci
ence has given intelligent assistance
to the civilized eye, in order that It
may do the work of civilization: con
sequently many of the people whom
we see wear glasses.
These facts are within common
knowledge. Many persons struggle
along for years under the inconven
ience . and inadequacy of poor eye
sight from dread of the penalty that
follows the use of glasses that of
"becoming dependent upon them."
This dependence Is assessed by "Dr.
Hutchinson merely as an expression
of the good Judgment of the eye,
when once it has been given full and
perfect vision in declining to be satis
fied with anything less. '
Clearly, all things considered, "a
spectacled race" is not so much to be
deplored as a race needing spectacles
but unspectacled through- Ignorance
of the existence of defects In the eye
sight or of proper means to correct
such defects when discovered.
The stagecoach' will soon become a
thing of the past in this state. It
has been withdrawn from most of the
routes over which It reeled ana
plunged and thumped 1ta way a score
of years and more ago. Its day of
usefulness, danger and discomfort; of
thrilling hold-ups and midnight
tumblings down the mountain side are
nearlng the end. One of the last
stage lines to outlive the necessities of
transit that brought it into existence
was the Klamath Falls line, which
has now been reduced to a scant three
miles and will soon be entirely super
seded by the track and rolling stock
of the California & Eastern Railway.
It did yeoman service as an advance
agent of civilization. It passes on.
honored for its place and part in the
advancement of, the interests, and
supplying the needs of frontier set
tlers honored but unregretted. The
energies of the stagecoach were never
depleted by use nor paralyzed by age
Metaphorically speaking, It died run
ning. Congress having put very restrict
lve limitations upon the employment of
secret service agents. President Roose
velt suggests In his message that this
may have been due to a desire on the
part of the members that the secret
service be not used to investigate Sen
ators and Representatives. He says
that the limitations, however, are a
protection to criminals, especially to
rich criminals, and proposes that If the
reasons mentioned are the true ones,
it might be well to make a special ex
ception which - would prohibit secret
service officials from Investigating
Representatives and Senators. Presi
dent Roosevelt must have grinned his
broadest grin when he wrote this bit
of humor. Imagine a Congress appro
priating money for a detective service
and then expressly providing that the
members of Congress shall be free
from investigation. Such a limitation
would make Congress the laughing
stock of the country.
The hardy mariners who fight the
wintry gales that sweep over the
Western Ocean, battle with the ty
phoons of the Pacific and wallow
through the "roaring forties," have a
mild contempt for the dangers of lake
navigation. Land and safety seem so
close at hand along the lakes, as com
pared with the ocean, that the possi
bilities for shipwreck are much less
ened. And yet every Winter witnesses
the disappearance of some fine steam
ers which ply the inland seas. The D.
M. Clemson, which went down with all
on board a few days ago, was a new,
modern-built steel freighter of 4000
tons register, but, from the wreckage
now coming ashore, it is apparent that
she was battered to pieces as expedi
tiously and as relentlessly as would
have been the case had she been
caught In an ocean hurricane.
The master of a British steamer has
arrived at Norfolk with a story that
the Sargossa Sea has disappeared.
This story, if true, will work a great
hardship on the amateur writers of
lurid sea tales. As a repository of the
literary ships that never came back.
the Sargossa Sea has no equal in fact
or in fiction. There is a possibility,
however, that this "sea," which is not
a sea, but a mass of floating vegeta
tion, may have slipped its moorings
and drifted slightly out of position.
while this observant captain was
passing. The Sargossa Sea has always
been so much more real and tangible
than that other ocean curiosity, the
sea serpent, that it would be a pity to
have it adopt the disappearing habits
of the latter.
A committee of the Los Angeles
Federation of the W. C. T. U. has
asked Southern California legislators
to enact a law requiring that a book
of instructions to young wedded
couples be Issued with every marriage
license. This ought to help somewhat.
Now if the committee will take an
other grip on the situation and en
deavor to secure the enactment of a
law that will supply intending matri
monial victims with a book of instruc
tions, they will get along with a much
smaller Issue of the book now asked
for than would otherwise be neces
sary. By removing the cause it i3
easy to escape an unsatisfactory effect.
The most surprising feature of the
East Side Bank robbery was the es
cape of the robbers, heavily laden as
they were .with their booty, and In
spite of the fact that the alarm was
given and pursuit was in progress al
most before they had disappeared in
the fog of the early evening.
Some of those Senators who want to
take a whack at Roosevelt might pre
pare addresses In answer to his mes
sage and thus put the Presl'dent to
shame. If the President is so lacking
In statesmanship It ought to be easy to
prove that fact by comparisons.
The secret political manipulations
of the Statement Republican members
of the Oregon Legislature indicates
that the primary law has not dispensed
with machines yet.
Whether placed on exhibit at Spo
kane or not, Oregon apples, win the
first prizes In the New York market.
That is the all-important considera
tion.
Castro cannot get Into France. He
is the first hard customer on record
who has been - refused admission to
that country.
That east wind may come back be
fore Christmas, so you'd better save
yourself from grippe by shopping
early.
If Castellane or 'Sagan had only
taken up with Mme. Stelnheil, there
would have been a fast trot, for a
fact.
The robbers did a good turn for
Finch and Von Neida by distracting at
tention from them for a few days.
If Young should share the fate of
Schuebel, there ere other Populists to
draw from
WANTS CRIME CARNIVAL CHECKED
Wrl-ter Blames Lax Govrrnmrit and
Falae Education for tairlnsness.
PORTLAND, Or., Dec 8. To the Edi
tor.) What in to become of our Nation?
The atrocious crimes which are daily
committed by bank robbers, gaspipe thugs
and cold-blooded murderers, all this, and
much more, compels us to believe that
we are not living in a free country. I
think it is time for the good people of
this city, and the whole United States, to
wake up to the situation and adopt some
stringent measures to prevent this spirit
of crime and vandalism with which our
country is being overrun. Where lies the
blame? And what is becoming of our
boasted land of the free and the home
of the brave?
"Hold up your hands!'.' Is the dally cry,
and, strange to say, an identity of the
holdup is seldom secured and they roam
and ramble through our streets at will.
I would ask: Haven't we a sufficient
police force here in Portland to grapple
with the situation? Or is it a lack of
private detectives? In the name of God,
what is the matter?
I say, and I voice the opinion of many
a one, it is about time something shall
be done to bring all these criminals to
Justice. When brought before the court,
which is very seldom the case, a very
small fine is imposed upon the criminal,
perhaps a few days oh the rockpile, then
tney are turned loose, to work nfw
schemes or desperation, meantime gloat
lng over their victories so easily won.
Have we no government? No laws by
which we can punish crime?
Must sympathy for the living be so
Indulged in,, when it fails to bring back
the dear form and sweet voice of the
loved ones ?
Why should crime exist In our beau
tiful land, with all our educational fa
cilitles. with all the enlightenment which
we claim to possess In our beautiful
America?
Too much education is not good for
some persons. Unless men and women
are born with a natural tendency for be
ing good, education will only make them
the shrewder scoundrels.. Talk about
Russia, or any other foreign country!
Our examples of goodness and purity
lade away In the distance when com
pared with them.
The money-greed seems to have per
meated the brain or our American peo
ple to such an extent that any crime
looks respectable to the average mass.
I could enlarge upon this subject In
many and various ways, but I will only
ask in conclusion: Cannot something be
done to protect our loved ones from these
daily atrocities Or have we no law, no
discipline, no government? I ask again.
wnat is to rjecome or our Nation?
MRS. PORTIA MURRAY.
WHAT IS WRONG WITH HOMES?
Parental Responsibility at Low Ebb)
DInrlplIne Nearly Obsolete.
Pittsburg GazetteTTimes.
Parental responsibility has come to a
low ebb, and discipline is almost ob
solete. The sacredness of the home has
become a farce in too many cases; the
father thinks the bowling alley is far
more sacred, and the mother plays
bridge or euchre as relaxation from
household cares. Children are hustled
off to school at . the earliest possible
age. Just to get them out of the way.
and then parents too often look to the
school to do the rest. The breathless
whirl of pleasure seeking also reacts
upon the child. Vaudeville shows and
skating rinks absorb the time and
nervous energy that used to be con
served at the fireside, around the eve
ning lamp. The solidarity of the fam
ily is impaired each member goes his
own way; lodge, missionary society,
dance, basketball game, poolroom or
street, and anon the saloon. No care
is exercised over the young people's
choice of companions; late hours are
kept without reproof or question. Does
the father who reads this know where
the boy was last night? Does the
mother know where her girl was? Do
they both realize that the enactment of
a curfew law is an Insult to them. It
means that many parents are so crim
inally careless about their children that
the authorities must threaten action to
get them to do their duty.
We would need no truant orricers
nor Juvenile courts if homes were con
ducted as they should be. If cheap
amusements and soul-deadening pas
times were tabooed, and homekeeping
habits were revived, and parents re
alized that they are responsible tor
their children, not the teacher or tne
policemen, penitentiaries would be less
crowded and Socialists would have less
to talk about. The home is the hasis
of society. It is sad, but true, as Judge
Lindsey has said, that "something is
wrong with the homes."
A nierlcanluii a Question ot Principle.
Cleveland Leade'r.
Otipa mora the President has urged
upon the American people the priceless
value of high ideals, the need of the
snirit of self-sacrifice, the sacredness
of unselfish and patriotic service. He
bos reminded them of the way in
which all nationalities are welded here
into one and all men are permuted to
make such a place for themselves as
their merits and their talents may de
serve and attain. He has reiterated me
r-iriUnnl article of his creed as a
natrlot and a statesman service,
equality as far as merit makes equality
possible, and rearies aevoiion to nign
Ideals.
That is the American idea at Its best,
"Wn. should keen steadily before our
minds," said the President. "that
Americanism is a question of princi
ple, of purpose, of idealism, of charac
ter' that it is not a matter of birth
nlace or creed or line of descent." Over
and over he has preached that doctrine,
Time and again he lias beaten it into
he minds and hearts of his country
men. They can never hear it too much.
They lovp and admire Theodore Roose--elt
berausa he teaches so well and
practices what he urges others to make
their rule or me.
Faith in Mr. Cannon's Conversion.
Chicago Evening Post.
We are ready to give Joseph G. Can
non credit for good faith in his prom
lse that tariff revision will not be ob
structed by him.
It Is entirely in character that the
promise should be lived up to by Mr,
Cannon with even greater force than he
put Into the giving of it. In the first
place, he has felt the power of the
new President and gained considerable
personal knowledge of the support of
the people back of It. Furthermore,
prompt revision Is in the party plat
form, and party dictum has ever been
an influence to which Mr. Cannon has
confessed an unqualified fealty.
With an aroused public opinion, a
popular majority and the Republican
party in favor of a thing, Mr. Cannon
is not the man to lead a forlorn hope
against it- On the tariff we may rea
sonably expect to see his change of
front become complete and permanent.
Snbllme Hope of the Jena.
San Francisco Emanu-El.
Modern Jewish optimism is marvel
otisly reflected in the Zionist move
ment, which, though viewed by many
as a mere dream, represents, neverthe
less, the sublime hope that, after many
centuries of deep slumber, the ancient
Jewish national life may yet once more
arise in all its glory on the Eastern
horizon.
Timely Warning for Everybody.
Hartford Times.
The season for pneumonia has arrived
and the Chicago Board of Health has Is
sued a code of preventive rules. Con
densed, these are the principal warnings
laid down: Avoid Impure air. Seek an
abundance of fresh air. Avoid over-in
dulgence in food and drink. Don't coddle
yourself.
HINDUS CANNOT BE CITIZEN
Declarations' Ordered Canceled by
Interior Department.
ALBANY, Or., Dec. 9. (Special.) The
Government of the United States has
forced two Hindus who declared the!
intentions to become citizens here to re
linquish their declarations, and the first
official effort of a native of India to be
come an American citizen has ended in
failure. The last of the declarations was
recovered today, after considerable dlffl
culty.
Early this year David Son Kehar an
Sham Wassah. two Hindus employed in
a sawmill at Crawfordsville, Linn
County, applied at the County Clerk'
office here to declare their intentions to
become citizens. Their request was at
first refused, but attorneys pressed the
matter for them and County Clerk Millar
communicated with the Bureau of Im
migration and Naturalization at Wash
ington. He was informed, however,
that no ruling could be made until tho
master came before the department of
ficially, and under these circumstances
and to make the matter a test case, the
declarations were received here.
The past Summer, when the declara
tions came up for acceptance or rejec
tion by the Department, a ruling wai
made that a native of India could not
take advantage of the naturalization
laws of the United States. County Clerk
Miller was instructed to secure the
copies of the declarations given to the
Hindus, but they refused to relinquish
Item and the Department at Washington
turned the matter over to the Depart
ment of Justice, and the Assistant United
States Attorney at Seattle, who is In
charge of nauralizatlon matters in th
Pacific Northwest, assisted in the ef
forts to secure the papers.
Kehar has moved to Portland since
making the declaration and the Federal
officers secured his copy and assan
finally forwarded his copy to County
Clerk Miller here. The original declara
tions have now been canceled and the
copies forwarded to the Department
Washington and this marks the end of
the first actual effort of a Hindu to be
come an American citizen.
DAIRY ASSOCIATION TO MEET
State Organization Convenes at Sa
lem Today.
SALEM, Or., Dec. 9. (Special.) The an
nual session of the Oregon State Dairy
Association will convene In this city
at 9:30 A. M. tomorrow In Ye Liberty
Theater. Most of the exhibits arrived
today and were placed in position in the
hall over the Salem Hardware Store, on
Commercial street. At the opening seH
sion, August Huckesteln, president of the
Salem Business Men's League, will de
liver an address of welcome, to which
President F. L. Kent, of the Dairy Asso
elation, will respond, as he delivers his
annual address. E. T. Judd will speak
upon "Food Problems."
In the afternoon. Dr. E. N. Hutchinson,
of the United States Bureau of Animal
Industry, will -speak on "Tuberculosis"
J. W. Bush, of La Grande, will discuss
'Dairying East of the Cascades," and
C. H. FT-azer, of the Corvallls Creamery,
will make an appeal for "Better Cream.'
In the evening an entertainment and re
ception will be given at the IUihee Ckib
rooms, when a lunch will be served.
BROKEN DISH CAUSES FIGHT
Two Prominent Salem Men Engage
in Fistic. Altercation.
SALEM. Or.. Dec. 9. (Special.)
George W. Hobson, a prominent Salem
merchant, and Squire H. A. Johnson, a
well-known insurance man and form
erly Justice of the Peace, engaged in
altercation today which ended In
Hobson's pleading gumy to a charge of
assault and battery, while Judge John
son will tomorrow morning answer to
a charge of using abusive language.
The trouble arose over the refusal
of Hobson to sell a rTIsh to replace
one broken In a set already sold. Be
cause of the prominence of the parties.
the case has attracted considerable at
tention.
INFECTED HORSES ARE KILLED
State Veterinarian Says 500 Malheur
Animals Should Die.
SALEM. Or.. Dec. 9. (Special.) Dr. C.
P. Korlnek, State Veterinarian, returned
today from Owyhee. Valley. Malneur
County, where he has been killing horses
Infected with glanders. He reports that
stockowners are not getting control of
the disease and will not until thev kill
off about 600 wild horses of the scrub class
that transmit the disease to valuable
horses owned by the ranchers. The wild
horses are small, and therefore of no
value, but they convey the infection. Dr.
Korlnek says that sheep scab has been
eradicated.
Progressive Man Chosen.
COTTAGE GROVE, V3r.. Dec. 9.
(bpeelal.) At the annual meeting of
the Commercial Club, H. O. Thompson
was chosen president and F. H. Rosen
burg secretary. Mr. Thompson has
been a prominent resident here for six
years, and wit.h his wife has taken an
active part in the sanitary affairs.
They also helped to organize the Civic
League. Mr. Thompson was formerly
from Idaho, where he was prominent
In the Republican party. He is 41
years old.
Clackamas Horticulturists Elect.
OREGON CITY. Or., Dec. 9. (Spe
cial.) The Clackamas County Horti
cultural Society today elected the fol
lowing officers for the ensuing year:
R. s. Coe, president; William Beard,
secretary-treasurer; A. J. Lewis, mem
ber of board of control for three years.
The society will attempt the organiza
tion of a fruitgrowers' union along the
lines of the Hood River Association. An
exhibit of Clackamas County fruit will
be installed in the rooms of the new
Commercial Club.
Devotion Saves Horse.
ALBANY, Or., Dec. 9. (Special.) By
staying constantly with a sick horse for
an entire' week and giving it his undi
vided care and attention. H. L. Klser, a
farmer residing near Albany, has saved
a valuable animal. The horse became 111
while Klzer was driving to the city a
week ago today. He stayed with the
horse night and day, caring for it con
stantly. Today he was rewarded for hN
unexcelled devotion to a sick animal
when the horse had recovered sufficiently
to walk out to his farm
Mayor Nullifies Complaint.
OREGON CITY. Or.. Dec. 9. (Spe
cial.) The case against Al Close, of
Estacada, charged with selling liquor
without a license, was dismissed today
as the complaint was faulty. Mayor
Heylman having neglected to sign his
name, using only his title. It is possi
ble that Close will be re-arrested. The
Estacada authorities have suspected
him of operating a "blind pig" ever
since the town voted, dry last June.
Revenue From Hunters Licenses.
-ASTORIA, Or., Dec. 9. (Special.) Since
the first of the year, the County Clerk
has issued 771 hunter s licenses for Clat
sop County. The licenses are $1 each and
the money is turned over to the state.
Over 1500 licenses have -been, issued, in
soma counties in the state.
MAKE PLANS FOR GOOD ROADS
Polk County Meeting Is Held at
Independence.
INDEPENDENCE, Or., Dec. 9. (Spe
cial.) An enthusiastic good roads conven
tion was held in this city Monday.. The,
meeting was addressed by Judge John
Scott, of Salem, after a programme of
music.
Judge Scott complimented the road worlc
tha he had seen on his way to Inde
pendence from Salem, stating that as a
rule the people expect too much of a
County Court In the way of highway im
provements. He said that most of the
time of the County Judges Is taken up
with the duties of the offices and that
they have little or no time to give to road
Improvement throughout the county.
Judare Scott explained In detail the meas
ures that are now -being prepared by the
committee on legislation that was ap
pointed at the meeting of -the Oregon
State Grange, the Good Roads Asso
ciation and Good Roads Conference held
In Portland on that date.
"One of the measures provides for a
state appropriation not to exceed one-half
mill, which would raise a revenue of
about $300,000. This money," continued
Judge Scott. "Is to be expended under
the direction of a state highway com
mission to be appointed by the State
Board. One member of the commission
is to be appointed from each Judicial dis
trict of the state and' one member is to
be appointed from the state at large a
civil engineer especially trained in the
construction of public roads, who would
act as chairman of the commission, tills
appropriation to be apportioned among
the various counties throughout the state.
No county would receive more than $20,000
until all the counties shall have had an
opportunity to make application for a
similar sum, after which time there be
ing any of the sum unapplied" for, it Is
to be reapportioned among the various
counties according to the applications."
At the close of Judge Scott's address
the organization of the Polk County
Good Roads League was effected. J. H.
Mulkey was elected president: J. N. Jones,
vice-president; Charles H. Hicks, secre
tary: H. Hlrschberg, treasurer: Mrs G.
W. Conkey, second vice-president: Mrs.
Claude Skinner, third vice-president: Miss
Laura Craven, fourth vice-president: Dave
Stapleton, fifth vice-president; Bessie But
ler, sixth vice-president, and Maggie
Hodge, seventh vice-president.
IMMENSE COLONY IS PLANNED
Scheme to Set Out 10,000 Acres In
Trees in Jackson County.
MEDFORD, Or., Dec. 9. (Special.) A
hugo colonization scheme for Jackson
County lands has been planned by flplonel
Ray. of New York City. Mr. Ray is
owner of the Conder Water Power
plant and various other properties in this
county. It Is his intention to have planter!
on one of the large tracts held by his
company 75.000 fruit trees annually and
continue until 10,000 acres have been
planted.
He plans to place the landi unrter irri
gation, the facilities for which he now
controls. The project has long been a
favorite with Cofonel Ray, who Is doing
it not from a desire to enrich himself
so much as a desire to rurnisn smau
tracts for employes of the American To
bacco Company, of which he Is vice-
president.
PARCELS POST IS OPPOSED
Salem Merchants Object to Trial of
Scheme In That Town.
SALEM. Or., Dec. 9 (Special.) Salem
probably will endeavor to be selected
as one of the towns In which tne par
cels post experiments will be tried. In
accordance with the recommendations
of President Roovevelt. The Salem
Board of Trade this evening ordered
the -appointment of a special committer
for the purpose of investigating the
matter and conferring Willi the delega
tion 'in Congress. It developed, how
ever, that there Is strong opposition to
the parcels post plan upon the ground
that it will enable Eastern mail-order
houses to compete with local dealers.
The proposed experiments. it was ar
gued, are but an entering wodgo to
the adoption of an extensive parcels
post system.
BLACK HAND IS AT MEDFORD
Pawnbroker Receives Threatening
Ixilter Through Mail.
MEDFORD. Or.. Pec. .!). (Special. )M.
Eller, from New Y6rk. recently opened a.
pawnshop In this city and whether he is
the victim of a joke or a prey of tlm
black hand has been placed In the hands
of local and postal detectives for solv
ing. Last Saturday morning Mr. Kller
received through the Medford postofflni
letter which read:
"Bring $100 under C'roek bridge at 10
o'clock tonight. Saturday, or death. You
will find a person thero with a long red
coat and give the shiners to him. Your
blood will be on your own hands If you
don't. X Y Z. A B C. tlie Plark Hand."
The letter was immediately turned over
to the Chief of Polii-e.
JAPANESE MAN" GOES INSANE
Beats Himself, Thinking He Is
Fighting for Mikado.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. Dec. 9 (Spe
cial.) I. Shibata. a Japanese tailor
Vancouver Barracks, went Insane
this morning and began beatlne: himself
In the eyes and knocking I '.i head
gnlnst the stone wall and inju ig him
self othedwise. The soldiers took him to
the guardhouse and later he was lodged
in the County Jail.
Ho said he was suffering from an
emotional illness," and he said that
when he was pounding" himself he was
In effect fighting for the Mikado and his
country. He will be examined tomorrow
as to his sanity.
Dallas to Be Boomed.
DALLAS, Or.. Dec. 9. (Special.)
The business men of Dallas met last
Ight and organized a enmmerr-lal club.
hich they have named the Dallas Le-
elopment League, for the purpose of
financing and carrying out a plan to
advertise the reources of Dallas ami
vicinity in the Eastern states and to
attract tourists snd settle'rs to this
place. Hon. U. S. Loughary was elected
president, H. G. Campbell secretary and
W. G. Vassal treasurer.
Cliffs Needs Hotel.
CLIFFS. Wash., Dec. 9. (Special.) A
large, first-class hotel is becoming a ne
cessity here. The present hotel is full
to overflowing, with beds occupied both
night and day. The railroad office men
are clamoring for better accommodations
arM insist on something being done, as
there will no doubt he as many as 300
workmen stationed here before another
year. There are between 10 and 50 men
at work here now for the railway com
pany. Kansas Woman Dies at Aberdeen.
ABERDEEN, Wash., Dec. 9. (Special.)
Mrs. W. D. Wilson, aged 77, who cams
here from Abilene. Kan., several years
ago to visit her daughter, Mrs. L. a.
Humbargar, died here today, from paraly
sis, with which she was seized saveral
days ago. Mrs. Wilson was the mother
of five sons who have followed the news
paper business in Kansas and her hus
band was a newspaper publisher. The re-
Jnalna will be taken to Abilene.
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