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PORTLAND, SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 1H09.
THE IJilTIATTVK ABUSE!.
The vast number of difficult and
contradictory propositions before the
electors Is a demonstration of the in
expediency of the initiative system.
The system should be greatly modified,
If it is to remain. Better, even, it
would be to drop it altogether and
return to the rational, long-tried and
long-approved representative system.
But while we have it, and so long as
we have it. we should use it with best
possible "judgment, which, upon most
of the propositions submitted can be
best and most safely exercised by vot
ing "No."
First, as to the proposed charter
itself. Its objections to it The Ore
gonian has heretofore stated. "Vote
No.
Second, as to the proposed munici
pal light plant. Operation of light
plants by cities is a costly and waste
ful method. Vote No. ....
Third, as to the proposed excise
act. It would place most unreason
able restrictions on the liquor trade
and on hotels and restaurants, and
make it Impossible to keep a decent
saloon, and extremely difficult if not
Impossible to obtain any kind of
liquors, even for most decent, private
and proper use. Vote No. As to the
proposed Gothenburg plan, also No.
Fourth, as to AVillamette bridges. It
Is proposed to transfer the fund pro
vided for the bridge at Madison street
to a bridge at Market street, and to
double the amount of bonds. This
scheme evidently has little approval.
Vote No. The same as to the proposed
bridge at Sherman street, which doubt
less will be built sometime, but can
wait yet awhile. The proposed bridge
northward, at or in the vicinity of
Broadway, is really urgent now. On
this proposition vote Yes.
Fifth, as to payment of Interest and
principal of the new water bonds out
of the water fund, instead of by gen
eral taxation. This proposition should
be adopted. It is just and right that
water rates should be paid. Vote Yes.
One simple measure is the proposal
to amend the city charter so as to
enable the Council to provide for a
woman's auxiliary for the Police De
partment. The city has reached a
stage of growth that seems to make
this necessary; but the present charter
does not permit the Council to take
the necessary action. This is a plain
and simple proposition, upon which
The Oregonlan would say, vote Yes
A cremation plant, for consumption
of garbage, has also become a neces
sity. The sum required for this pur
pose is estimated at $150,000, which
it is proposed to meet by sale of bonds
This The Oregonlan hitherto has over
looked. Vote Yes.
There is a multitude of other meas
ures, more or less at variance with
the proposed charter and with each
other. The short way with them, in
general, will be to vote No. The Cltv
Treasurer, the City Attorney and other
officials ask for larger salaries. Yet
the salaries were attractive at the
time they were candidates for the
offices. Vote No.
The Oregonlan has hesitated to of
fer any direct advice on the various
proposition,, realizing that objection
a 5, I", Ua th3t U was acti"S in
a dictatorial spirit. It entirely dis
claims such purpose or idea; yet so
many persons have requested it to of
fer some kind of statement which
might direct their own inquiries as to
th ,mportant f the propositions,
that it presents now this short sum
mary in addition to or explanation of
the more extended remarks made dur-
f tnk,.Pa't mnth n varis features
of this excessive use rather say abuse
-of the initiative. Not one voter in
one hundred will read the heavy book
rerullyC?Jln"n
StUdv t mi15 ' thSe Wh
It ' mSt carefully cannot pos
sibly agree with each other as to the
meaning, and the consequences that
would follow adoption. Indeed it Is
aoCWCealtLCertai? that " --'could
resolve the puzzle, even for himself
alone. Such a system is nothing fess
than an abomination; and the straight
markings of "No" that will be found
on masses of ballots when they come
to be counted will oe an eloquent reT
elation of the Judgment of the public
stances, as The Oregonlan believes
11 S7 f the PrPsiUons ought to
be adopted. It has indicated those it
deems of most importance
THE TfOMEBUlX-RERS
i.'arg? number f 'Persons in Port
land and in the suburbs-"have been
in-rin 3 build,n ""uses on ft"
H,, I1"6"' Plan" Th"sands of these
little homes are not yet fully paid for.
nr T f .Ur PSOple 13 r can be
fern. d,eePl" ,,ntere6ted the prob
lems of municipal government, debt
and taxation, than these persons who
homes bUShlnS their 'pendent
tt. feopIe- """hen they stop to
think of it. will not wish the city to
ZZ bnded debt be-nJ aual
fu " y serIou3 reverse would fall
with crushing weight on those who
mieh't ,Paid I"1 fr theIr homs
might lose them If the state of the
times should throw them out of em
fymlnt" IncreMe of taxes, to carry
the debts of the city, also would bear
hard on them.
Persons so situated constitute a very
considerable portion of the popula
tlon of Portland. They are striving
to establish their families. They irf
rnT V0' Pple that can least af
ford to take chances of the reverse
that may come through municipal ex
travagance, or excess. The want to
pay for their homes and keep them. It
is their interest that the public charges
shall be moderate and light as possible.
MINORITY PRIMARY CANDIDATES.
Had Hopkins received a majority of
the Republican vote In the primaries
of Illinois, he would have been re
elected to the Senate. But his vote
was much less than a majority. It
was a meager plurality of the elec
torate. The Legislature, therefore,
refused to elect him.
Herein is the weakness of the pri
mary system. It multiplies contest
ants for office; and candidates who re
ceive petty pluralities claim the full
support of their party, though they
have received but a small fraction of
the party vote. This will wreck any
party, in any state or city especially
the party of the majority. After a
bitter fight among many candidates
for a nomination to an important
office, it transcends human nature to
expect that the small fraction of the
voters, that constitute the candidate's
plurality, will be able to enforce their
choice upon the majority. It was, In
deed, done once In Oregon, but will
hardly be successful again.
BACKWARDS. TURN BACKWARDS.
New ore discoveries, in ledges, are
being made In Baker County, and
much enthusiasm in particular locali
ties, therefore. Prophecies are likely
to come true. In 1872 a Representa
tive in the Legislature from Baker
County was J. B. Onstein. He prophe
sied great things for Baker. "Mr.
Speaker," he said, "In the county
which I have the honor to represent,
there is every possibility of wealth
and fortune. No man can imagine
what wealth is hidden there. Wher
ever. I walk in my county' I have an
awesome feeling, like that described
of old, when the Lord said unto Moses,
Take the shoes off thy feet, for there's
bullion in them diggin's!' "
Onstein was one of the unique, as
certainly one of the picturesque, char
acters in the Legislature of that day.
He soon disappeared, and there is no
further record of him. Doubtless he
has passed on to the unseen world; but
where now does the life-giving earth,
in the Homeric phrase, hold him?
Rufus Mallory, then living in Sa
lem, now in Portland, and practicing
law here, was Speaker of the House
when Onstein was the member from
Baker, and can bear testimony to
Onstein's originality and peculiarities.
In those early days every now and
then, started ud an original ...i
such as W. G. T. Vault, Samuel Parker,
j-.. Appiegate, Andrew Shuck
Neburazaden Coffey, and many more!
Rube Rlnus," too, whom few knew
by his true name. Onstein belonged
to the later group, In which James D.
Fay and Isaac Cox were known.
In the early time there wasn't much
else to notice, and every one who had
good Intelligence or keen sense of
humor closely observed the peculiar
ities of his neighbors.
There was a joke that was fastened
on Ahio S. Watt, who has just passed
away at Portland. Salem then, as now
was the seat of government, and Sa
lem was the headquarters of the poli
ticians of that day. Naturally, there
was what was known as the Salem
clique. People got to pronouncing it
kli-ku, and gave A. S. Watt credit
(perhaps unjustly) for the pronuncia
tion. There are men yet living who will
remember all these things and a
thousand more. Among them are
George H. Williams, L. F. Grover and
Asahel Bush. T. W. Davenport, too
and John McCraken. '
THE WASHERWOMAN AND THE T A III FT".
The philosophic Mr. Dooley re
marked recently in one of his Inspired
moments that when women obtained
the right of suffrage they would vote
a good deal less than men do for the
honor of the "gellorlous flag" and a
good deal more for cheap provisions
and clothing. The tariff articles which
tno redoubtable Miss Ida M. Tarbell
has been publishing In her recent
magazine articles, sustain Mr. Dooley's
opinion. There Is no hlfalutin about
them. They are as matter of fact as a
setting hen. They rudely drag the tar
iff question down from the altitudes of
rhetoric and transcendental states
manship and disclose with unflattering
clearness how it makes children go
barefoot and compels washerwomen
to wear ragged gowns. The prohibitive
tariff is the most ingenious and ex
tensive device ever contrived for rob
bing poor people of their wages and
Miss Tarbell explains how the trick
is done.
She is particularly interested in
shoes because everybody has to wear
them. m Summer, to be sure, the
compulsion comes mainly from vanity
From May to November In the cli
mate of Oregon shoes are a luxury and
an enervating luxury, too. Kverybody
would be more robust If he went bare
foot. Our ministers would preach bet
ter sermons and our Judges render
wiser decisions if their feet were un
clad like their hands. Still. we must
take human nature as it is and in its
shoe?' "nrefKenerate state it demands
shoes. For this reason the shoe mar
ket has no limits. It presents one of
those domains, so alluring to the
tlT' Sre a Sma11 sum Pilfered
from each purchaser amounts to mil
lions of dollars in the total. The trusts
prefer to make their depredations so
minute that no victim will thnk it
worth while to complain vigorously
- tn;,htVnS rUn that 18 e safe;
whir. J Way tney alwais follow
when the market is wide enough to
permit small pilfering to produced
huge income. This is so conspicuous
ly the case with the shoe market that
at least three monstrous trusts. aWed
by the tariff, have taken advan age of
It. They, are the leather, the ma
chlnery and the thread trusts
hn .'8 thC IW latter whlch Tar
ben treats from the woman's point If
view, the point of view of inexorabT
common sense. Very-likely most peo!
Pie would shake their heads at the
statement that the shoe machinery
eXv h"8 th work'PS machines
every shoe manufacturing shop
the country, big and little, and in facT
it s not quite but only almost true
This mammoth combination, built ud
ai0frS,ther lnfant '"'tries bv the
tariff leases Its machines but refuses
to sell them and since they are indif
Pe,nsable to every person who wUes to"
put shoes on the market this conclu
sion is clear enough. Of course, over
and above the legitimate expense of
the machines there is a rental which
goes to the trust as a trust, a sort of
unearned increment or tribute to
monopoly Necessarily thU 1, added
tothe selling price of shoes and the
washerwoman pays her share of It
In proportion to her whole Income her
share is much larger than the mil
lionaire's, but that is the way the tar-
Iff
worxs in every instance and that
why it savors so much sweeter than
i Income tax to th mapnntfc
is
an
Thus the shoe machinery trust fat
tens on the Plunder of the srhnnlhnv
and the shop girl. From this source
oDtains tne sumptuous streams of
ill. as Mr. Tillman el
proceeds, which enable the sharehold
ers to aispori tnemseives in $20,000
automobiles And Wcpn an ,
divorce court busy. The linen thread
trust has Its snout in the same trough.
This Infant industry is carried on for
the most part by foreigners who
movea tneir mills across the water to
enjoy the benefits of that luiniifni
protective system which secures the
home market to the native-born Amer
ican, xnese roreigners moved in from
Scotland, England and Ireland, where
they had been doing a flourishing
business for a century or two, but the
instant their feet trod the shores of
freedom they became infants mew
ling and Dukinar in their nnr a
and had to be fed on tariff pap. The
nrsc ming tney aid here was to form
a trust, something they never'could do
in Great Britain
tariff to kill competition. The next
irnng -was to put up the price of
linen thread. Since this is t Vi f throat
with which shoes are sewed, we see
now tne washerwoman and the shop
Ctrl are Trivilfe--H r hain v,- v.
- o v. - i- uu inn
automobiles and pay the alimony Judg
ments oi anotner set of magnates.
Truly to the poor the prohibitive tar
iff is a very present help in time of
trouble. One Is surprised that they do
not njelt down the coins it gives them
Into a golden calf and worship It.
FAIR TREATMENT FOB RAILROADS.
The Oregon Electric Railroad is in
a class by itself, when considered
either as a transportation or a finan
cial enterprise. To begin with, this
company in a quiet manner, without
any preliminary blare of trumpets or
call for aid, bought and paid for Its
right of way, its terminal grounds, and
built and equipped its road, all in
first-class shape. It made possible the
maximum development of an unu
sually rich country lying between Sa
lem and Portland, and has practically
created the traffic" which it is now han
dling. Land values along this right of
way for practically the" entire district
have doubled and trebled and even
quadrupled since the road began con
struction. But, while It is accepted as
a matter of course that the owners of
property lying along a newly-constructed
railroad are entitled to this
doubling and trebling and quadrupling
of values, the railroad is not expected
to show a proportionate increase in
value.
The semi-public nature of these
transportation enterprises fixes their
status in the minds of both owners and
patrons as entitling them to a remu
nerative return on the original Invest
ment, clear of depreciation, operating
expenses, etc., but to no proportionate
share in the rise In adjoining property.
Stock jobbery and the legerdemain of
high finance have in the past enabled
a great many railroads to pile up for
the stockholders dividends far in ex
cess of what might have been obtained
had the roads charged a rate based on
the increased value of the territory It
developed; but a legitimate business
enterprise, such as the Oregon Electric
has proved to be, has no such oppor
tunity and is entitled to due consider
ation from the people it serves.
President Moffatt, of the Oregon
Electric, In an interview In yesterday's
Oregonlan, announced that his com
pany's original plans called for the
construction of 300 miles of railroad in
the Willamette Valley, of which but 70
miles have already been constructed
The benefits resulting from the con
struction of this first 70 miles are so
direct and tangible that It is easy to
understand what a remarkable indus
trial change would be effected through
out the Willamette Valley by comple
tion of the remaining mileage planned.
But the inference gained from Mr
Moffatt's Interview is that cheap
money, which is necessary In railroad
building, is somewhat in fear of ad
verse legislation, thus retarding the
building of the additional mileage
needed in - the Valley. "In railroad
construction, encouragement and not
obstacles are needed from the Legisla
ture," says Mr. Moffatt. He further
objected to any proposed levy of a 2
per cent tax on the gross income of
railroads as being Inimical to railroad
construction. Mr. Moffatt's views on
the subject are interesting, and as
Oregon is very much in need of more
railroads built and operated on the
same liberal, independent policy which
has characterized the Oregon Electric
due care should be exercised in mak
ing the way as easy as possible for all
legitimate transportation enterprises
that wish to come in and aid in the
development of our wonderful state.
THE ORIGINAL "DKVII, WAGON."
The devil wagon is erroneously sup
posed to be a creation of recent years.
It is a fact, however, that the machine
which went under that formidable
name in 1868 was a much more fearsome-looking
object than is the crud
est, most lumbering automobile of to
day. Proof of this will be given in the
"prosperity parade" to be held on June
12 in connection with the Queensbbro
bridge celebration, when the first auto
mobile constructed will be shown side
by side with the finest up-to-the-min-.ute
machine of the present day
The original devil car, in appear
ance at least, well deserved the name
that has been bestowed upon its great
successor in the motor world. It was
a carriage drawn by a steel manikin
that was fed coal by the riders. Noisy
coughing up coal smoke, jerky in Its
motion, this car attracted a great deal
of attention, and as it puffed along the
streets it served to recall the prophecy
concerning horseless carriages that
was one of the counts In the indict
ment of Mother Shipton in the witch
craft era of New England. It was pat
ented In 1868 by Joseph Eno, of New
ark, and later was exhibited in New
York, but, though It excited wonder, it
never became popular In that city
though most of the prominent men "of
that time, Including General Grant
rode In It. Once, according to the rec
ord, it ran away and covered twenty
seven miles before it could be stopped
It was in a few years relegated to the
realm of forgotten things, though care
fully preserved by its owner, who is
getting ready for the parade men
tioned, when it will be raced against
an up-to-date auto on Hillsdale ave
nue, Jamaica,
The evolution or the auto as thus
presented can scarcely fail to excite as
tonishment even in a wonder-working
age.. Clumsy, crude, yet ingenious. It
represents the beginning of the horse
less carriage experiment in the United
States, which has worked such a mira
cle in rapid transit In recent years, and
by contrast or - comparison with Its
smart running mate it will prove Its
original right to the title of "devil
wagon," to which the awesome modern
machine, instinct with the forces of
destruction as well as of usefulness
and of pleasure, has succeeded.
What gibberish it Is to assert, as
several of the candidates are doing,
and as the organ of one of them
(Munly) is most loudly and absurdly
doing, that the people who are sup
porting Joseph Simon and mean to
elect him, are intending a thing that
will bring discredit and disaster to
the city! Simon cannot be elected
without the support of the majority
of those who represent the property
and business of Portland. He has the
support of a great majority of these
of the owners of small and of great
properties, too. Most observers believe
he will receive a majority of all the
votes though there are four other
candidates for the Mayoralty. In in
tellectual equipment he is not inferior
to any of them, and if a person had
an important business to be entrusted
to the Judgment and management of
any one of these men who are candi
dates, he wouldn't be likely to pass
over Joseph Simon, In making the se
lection of his agent. His active op
ponents mostly are the representatives
of the rags and tags and fads of loose
thinking and ill-arranged endeavor,
of which the body of the people are
weary. This also partly accounts for
his acknowledged and undoubted
strength. The panic among all these
Is the surest sign that Simon will be
elected.
There has been so much In the nat
ural conditions in the wheat market to
warrant high prices for the old crop
that less attention than usual has been
paid to the annual stunt of the "crop
klllers." With the Patten May deal
out of the way, and no particular
change In the situation so far as the
old crop was concerned. It has become
necessary for the gentlemen who de
light in a disturbed market to resort
to the old methods. "Rust," one of
the oldest friends of the crop-killers,
played a brief engagement on the
boards yesterday, but was not well re
ceived, the market closing lower than
on the day previous. From this time
forward we may expect occasional
visits in the market reports from all
of our old friends of the bull market.
First on the list should be the chinch
bug and the aphis, then there is the
large and variegated assortment of
rusts, any one of which, precipitated
on an excited market, is good for a
rise of a point or two. If any one be
lieves that the excitement of the year
Is over in the Chicago wheat pit, he
will revise his opinion after the annual
crop -killers begin reporting In dead
earnest.
It Is perhaps an opportune time for
Mr. Bryan to come to the surface and,
porpoise-like, do a little spouting to at
tract attention. So long as the coun
try'was slowly and painfully recover
ing from the "high jinks" which Wall
street inflicted on us during the closing
days of 1907, there was not much need
for any of the "hark-from-the-tombs"
advice from the perpetual Presidential
candidate. Now that the country has
again struck its prosperity gait and is
booming along at a good speed,- Mr.
Bryan is on hand with his customary
gloomy observations. . This happy fac
ulty for continually seeing through a
glass darkly is, however, Mr. Bryan's
chief stock In trade. If he were to
admit that the country was as sound
politically, financially and morally as It
really is, an excuse for his Infliction on
the public would be Impossible to dis
cover. Mr. Munly tells the electors that "a
vote for Munly is the only effective
vote against bossism." Mr. Albee says
ditto, for himself. Mr. Kellaher ditto,
for himself. Mr. McDaniel ditto, for
himself. And the Socialist candidate
(what's his name?) ditto, for himself.
And there may be others. It is ob
served, however, that none of these
gentlemen ever was important enough
or had force enough to be a boss of
anything, or to do any notable thing.
Perhaps at this time the people want
a man for Mayor who has ability and
experience to qualify him for the job.
The paroxysmal yawp, that endeav
ors to feed its fury by quoting from
what The Oregonlan said against
Simon In other times and under other
conditions, years ago, might as well
save Its wind. It is more sensible to
deal with affairs of today. No one
of the candidates opposing Simon ever
was important enough to have anv
thlng either for or against him. To
quote from The Oregonian of former
years is the expedient of Bourbonism
that forgets nothing and learns noth
ing. Now, indeed, are the prophets of
evil happy. The long-deferred flood
in the Columbia and Its tributaries
is In sight and rapidly bearing down
upon us. Its "weltering walls" are
rising rapidly all along the line, fore
boding submergence to lowland crops
and city wharves. A waste of water,
truly, since this mighty volume that Is
now madly rushing to the sea wlU
within two months, be sadly needed to
moisten the thirsty lands from whenci
it is drained.
A reform saloon measure prepared
and promoted through an alliance be
tween Al Crofton, late manager of the
wholesale liquor dealers, and E. S. J
McAllister, late attorney for the Anti
Saloon League (observe the "late" in
both Instances), will not exactly strike
the public as being the last word on
this subject.
Seattle ought to equip her auto
mobiles with wings. This flying from
bridges with nothing to buoy up the
machine is exhilarating, but danger
ous. A city which consists mainly of
chasms and abysses should take her
pleasures with proper safeguards.
Now you Just wait and see Demo
cratic Senators from the Southern
States, where cotton manufacture is
becoming an important industry, stand
in with Aldrich to maintain the tariff
on cotton goods.
Spokane has again. indicted Schively.
The Washington Legislature will have
to hurry up with that impeachment
or Spokane may put Schively In jail.
Since Mr. James J. Hill had nothing
to tell the Spokane grand jury, he
cheerfully obeyed the summons to ap
pear before them.
TAKE CHIP OFF OUR SHOl'LDER.
Ore-son's Reprrsentatl-ra at the Seattle
Fair Should Be Leas Combative.
PORTLAND, June 4. (To the Edi
tor.) Noting your editorial in this
morning's Oregonian, headed "More
Trouble at Seattle." following as It
does the various news stories of the
disagreements between the manage
ment of the Fair and thnsn-lr, ,..-
of the Oregon building, are you quite
ure in you are In possession of all
the facts in this matter?
I have Just returned from a visit to
Seattle, and I am very strongly of the
opinion that our renresontativc
going around with a chip on each
oHouiaer, and conducting an, extremely
careful search for trouble. I believe it
is admitted that every state except Ore
gon was willing to nermlt th
booths to be located as the fair manage
ment desired, and if this Is true, does
it not put us In a rather unenviable
light? Why wasn't the Oregon building
Illuminated to conform to the general
scheme? As you say, these Incidents
are most unforunate, and it seems to
me before criticising the fair manage
ment further, we had better be quite
sure that we are not the parties at
certainly Is not an edifying spec
tacle to the Eastern visitors, and to
other exhibitors to see these petty
quarrels between neighboring states,
and It seems to me we can well afford
to take a broad view of the situation
and even take a little the worst of it,
if necessary, rather than get the repu
tation of being narrow minded, and
keeping our attention fixed on the fly
on the barn door Instead of on the barn
door itself.
If I am correctly Informed, the Ore
gon exhibit is one of the most back
ward on the grounds in spite of the
fact that we advertised months ago
that our building was completed.
Why is the exhibit not ready?
C F. SWIGERT.
ONLY 16 CIVIl, WAR OFFICERS LEFT
Regular Army Contains That Many On
the Active Lint.
W. B. Curtis in Chicago Record-Herald.
The new Army Register for 1909 has
Just been Issued and shows that only 17
officers upon the active list of the Army
were engaged In the Civil War. They are
as follows:
MaJ-Gen. John F. Weston Nov. IS. 1909
BrlB.-Gen. George B. Davis Feb. 4. 1911
Brlg.-Gen. Earl D. Thomas Jan. . 1911
Brlg.-Gen. Charles Morton March 18. 1910
Brlg.-Gen. Charles t,. Hodges. March 13. 1911
Brlg.-Gen. Daniel H. Brush May 9. 1913
?r -iSen- Wm- L- Marshall June 11, 1910
Col. Edgar S. Dudley June 14. 1909
Col. Edw. E. Tvood (Professor) .Sept. 17, 1910
S " ?wen TJl reet 6ePt- 1909
Col. John L. Clem Auk: 15 1915
Col. James M. Allison Sept." 4 1912
l.leut.-Col Wm w. Robinson. April 21. 1910
MaJ. C. W. Walkley (chaplain) .May 26 1909
MaJ. Eugene O. Fechet March 14 1910
Capt. Daniel W. Arnold. ... . Sept. 11, llll
At the end of the current year the num
ber of veterans in the regular Army will
be reduced to 12; at the end of 1910 It will
be reduced to eight; at the end of 1911 it
will be reduced to four; and after 1912 the
only veteran of the Civil War on the
active list of the Army will be "Little
Johnny Clem, the drummer boy of Shl
loh," who was carried on the back of the
color-sergeant at the head of the troops
In a terrific charge, which has been de
scribed In every history of the Civil War
It would be difficult for those who have
the. pleasure of meeting Colonel Clem to
day to realize that he was ever carried
on anybody's shoulders, but, having been
horn in August, 1861, he was then only
12 years old, and has gained a good deal
In weight since.
Colonel Clem was one of the youngest
and perhaps the youngest soldier In the
union Army. He was mustered in as a
musician in the Twenty-second Michigan
Infantry, May 1, 1863, and served through
the war. In the organization of the Army
he was made a Second Lieutenant in the
Twenty-fourth Infantry when he was only
20 years old, was transferred to the
Quartermaster's Department in 1882. and
reached his present rank of Colonel and
Assistant Quartermaster-General August
15, 1903.
Wall of a Sensitive Newcomer.
PORTLAND, June 2 (To the Ed
itor.) Portland has again demon
strated her extreme enthusiasm, her
deep feeling, her intense patriotism.
And again was I glad that I am not
of Portland.
The occasion of the above-mentioned
demonstration was the Memorial day
parade. I viewed this from the win
dows of the Lumbermen's building as
the soldiers passed down Sixth street,
and of all the people within my range
of vision not a few, I assure you
did one man remove his hat, either to
the flag: or to the veterans? No. to
their everlasting shame, not one. Ap
parently neither the sight of their
flag nor the men who defended It
moved their castiron sensibilities from
their customary complacency.
The people of Portland, like the
small boy, are inclined to regard the
niceties of life as "showing off." They
resent the little refinements, little
humanities of the East; they are
superfluous and superficial in their
sight. But it Is the opinion of one
new citizen of your city that, until
Portland adopts these adorning vir
tues, she can never be the great city
which she so fondly believes she will
become.
ANOTHER VETERAN'S DAUGHTER.
An Idiot Hoy's Memory.
Pall Mall Gazette.
At the last meeting of the Vienna
Psychological and Neurological So
ciety a 10-year-old idiot boy was pre
sented who knew the calendar from
1000 to 2000 In every detail. Without
a. moment's hesitation he would tell
the day of the week at any date men
tioned, also the name, day and the
date of the movable feasts in any
year. He answered Immediately and
accurately such questions as "What
day was June 14, 1808?" "The name
day?" "When Is Ash Wednesday,
1917?" "How long is the carnival In
1924 7" "When Is Easter, 1929?" "When
is Ascension day, 1923?" His answers
were given without hesitation and
were Invariably correct. Curiously
enough, his range of memory was
bounded sharply by the years 1000
and 2000 A. D. Before the first-named
year or after the last he knew nothing
of the calendar at all.
Baby Adopted by Old-Maid Monkey.
Baltimore News.
One of the baby monkeys bought for
the Druid Hill Park menagerie from the
consignment received by Bernheimer
Brothers from Captain Kaake, of the Ger
man steamer Walkure, in from Calcutta
several months ago, has been adopted by
Jenny, an old spinster inhabitant of the
park cage. Childless herself, this worthy
old maid took pity on the homesick little
monkey when it was literally thrown out
into the world at its tender age, so she
put her arms around the baby monkey
and fondled him close in her sympathetic
bosom, since which time they have been
inseparable.
Church "With Kindergarten Attached.
Wilmington, Del., Dispatch
Rev. W. E. Greenfield, pastor of the
Silverbrook, Del., Methodist Church,
has provided a kindergarten in one
of the side rooms of his church where
parents' take their children and leave
them in charge of nurses. The parents
then go into the main room to worship.
FOR COSSTITUTIOXAL CONVE.VTION 1
Appeal to Oregon Grangers to Prevent
Hasty Legislation.
CRAY. Or-. June 4. (To the Editor.)
Now that the Grange has declared against
a constitutional convention, expressing as
reasons "that It -will likely cost J200.000
to adopt a constitution, without submit
ting it to the people for adoption, and
that it will reject the present Initiative
and referendum." I will briefly give my
reasons .why we should have a constitu
tional convention.
Deliberation and discussion are requisite
conditions for rational decision. Where
etiecuve opposition is an impossibility
and men must decide on laws to be en
acted Without time few HAllhoratlnn 1
discussion, no rational decision can be
given, our present condition is that it is
impossible for voters who have never
heard of laws nranoKil until t Vi .r-iv.
at the polls, to decide with wisdom.
tnougn tney are equals of Solon or Solo
mon. It is the mnfi finKtn thgt ... V.-m.V..
our legislators into disrepute, and in at-
lempung to rectiry the evil we have
adopted by direct legislation, compulsory
haste in the enactment of laws.
By direct legislation we have a regis
tration system for voters and allow a
portion to vote who have not registered
by affidavit of six voters.
A citizen can register up to a very
brief period before any general election,
and it would be impossible for the secre
tary of state to mail a copy of proposed
laws until the address of the voter
reaches his office. Any delay In the
mails will cause the voter to get the
proposed laws after the election. The
voters who have not registered necessar
ily will have no copy of laws proposed,
and as we have set no limit to the num
ber to be proposed, a great many voters
will have no opportunity for deliberation.
Examine the registration and poll
books and see what a large percentage
of voters are late In effecting registra
tion and vote by being certified to by
six freeholders on election day.
Unless there is a limit to the number
of laws or amendments to the constitu
tion that can be proposed, and some
other method adopted for circulation of
proposed laws, direct legislation will
produce more vicious legislation than the
representative system. There Is a par
tial limit in that system, and I would
see a greater limit placed on all kinds
of proposed laws. Due deliberation and
discussion will be the only way to enact
wise laws.
The cost of the convention is an in
significant sum, if we can cut off a con
tinuous or unnecessary outlay, that is
now increasing taxation, far In excess of
increased ability to pay.
We tear that all laws enacted under
the Initiative will be repealed and that
the initiative and referendum left out of
the new Constitution without the people
having a chance to vote is an imaginary
delusion. Possibly some Granges can
tell us where a constitutional convention
ever adopted a constitution without re
ferring it fo the people for their ratifi
cation. I cannot.
The referendum is lndissolubly a part
of our system of government, and even
the Initiative is also a part indirectly.
Can anyone cite a single instance where
a proper number of votes proposing a
law have ever Hnon t-.. t,
tempt by any legislative body in our
'"'"'Liy Biuco its rounaauon f
Practically, we have now in our con
stitution what Switzerland has: "That
all laws, decrees and changes in the con
stitution must be submitted to the peo
ple," and we had It as soon as Switzer
land had it, from wherever we borrowed
t h ft Inw rer rwnt r initio
laws making it still lower than they have
Let this state become a large rr.anufac
turinar state.
poration employs a great many men, and
iiiiu ujai it win oecome a notori
ous fact, as It is today in Switzerland,
that a large -number of voters who would
be hostile to a law. may bear to go on
record and arouse . opinion by signing an
Initiative or referendum list. Their sig
natures may be seen and the publicity
of their sentiments imperil their means
of livelihood.
To my friends the Grangers. In con
clusion, I want a constitutional conven
tion with the hope -that they will give us
one that prevents a flood of proposed
laws from being introduced, either in the
Legislative Assembly or before the peo
ple: Comnulsnnr nnhmlqalnTi 1 . i. .. .
are not absolutely urgent to the people
. , i ,t.i -i . .
ii men raimcaiion, ana organization of
the Legislature by a vote of the people
of the state, by making the presiding
officers, state officials, elected by the
people of the" state. When the laws are
Bent to the people we can still have the
secret ballot and no man can know how
another votes, if voters do not tell.
If some of these Grangers had to live
as I did, among the men who worked for
corporations before the secret ballot be
came a law. they would not even be so
proud of our direct-primary law, where a
voter is compelled to come up and swear
he is a Democrat, Republican or Social
ist, before he can take a part in an
election. Some one wanted It amended
to compel a voter to tell for whom he
voted for President. .
Intimidation can be used here as it Is
In Switzerland today.
. J- E. DAVID.
Auto Cars in the World's Wilds.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The automobile is of ever-widening use
fulness. It used to be associated In the
popular mind with asphalt pavements and
the .well-beaten paths of civilization,
where society has reached the age of ease
and customs are settled. The idea must
be revised. The automobile of today goes
into the wilderness where railroads may
never go and penetrates the deserts of
Arabia where civilization, once flourish
ing, has sunk again to earth.
Japan is studying the question of send
ing its malls by automobile into distant
parts of the empire where trains have
not yet penetrated. Bleak, war-crushed
Vladivostok tried automobiles a year or
two ago. The experiment failed, but no
one believes that the chauffeur has been
permanently vanquished even there.
The United Sfates Consul at Aleppo
some miles southeast of Adana, where so
many thousands of people have been mas
sacred within the past few weeks, writes
of a movement to inaugurate an automo
bile passenger and freight service over
the deserts of that consular district
There are no railroads, and the govern
ment has granted a concession to & con
cern proposing to use automobiles. The
outcome of the experiment Is problemati
cal, but it augurs well for the motor car
that the proposal was even suggested.
Mother ot Seven Children Talks.
Kansas City Journal.
Reflections on race suicide caused Zell
Hopkins, of Junction City, to recall the
remark made by a woman at whose home
a number of people took supper one night
down in Sllmimr fmmtw T"V.I ,
.. . a ucuiar
woman, though young in years, is the
iiLuiuvr ui oeven emiaren. isaturally the
children urn rtti tnti-j hiir ..Inn.
. .. j . . ..t. v. uho size.
When the "campaigners" went into the
uiuan n nousa one oi tnem noticed the
bunch of children and said to the woman
in a friendly way: "These all yours, or
is this a picnic?"
"They are all mine," she replied wearily,
"and it's no picnic"
Harvard's Pet Cockroach Goes.
Cambridge (Mass.) Dispatch.
Alonzo, the trained cockroach, pride
of Holworthy Half, is missing, and there
is regret in the hearts of 50 Harvard
students. One student taught Alonzo to
respond to his whistle and rewarded him
with moistened sugar. Other students
taught Alonzo various tricks. One was to
stand on his hind legs on the edge of an
unlighted pipe without falling in. An
other taught Alonzo to roll over and die
whenever any one said "yale" In a, loud
voice.
ELECTIOX
MATTERS
Recall and Initiative Features of
Proposed Commission Charter. '
The recall and initiative features of the
present city charter, with slight amend
ments, are incorporated in the revised
charter as proposed by the charter com
mission of 15 members. To electors i
given the right to propose any measure
under the initiative. It is provided that
whenever there shall be presented to tha
Council a petition signed by a number
of voters equal to 15 per cent of the votes
cast for all. of the candidates for Mayor
at the last preceding general election,
asking that an ordinance, to be set forth
In the petition, be submitted to a vole of
the electors of the city, the Council must
suDmit the proposed ordinance to the
vote or the electors at the next city
election. Any such ordinance, however,
shall not be valid unless it comes within
the powers granted to the Council, except
wnen passed as required for charter
amendments.
Provision for sDecial recall olectinnn i
made in section 30, as amended, as fol
lows:
1 " "uiucr oi any elective omce mav t
removed at any time by the electors qualified
The prooedure to effect the removal ot an
Incumbent of an electlye office shall be as
follows: A petition signed by electors en-
- -" a Butivuor to tne in
cumbent sought to be removed, equal In
number to at least 25 per centum of the
......... 4v,r nn canaiaates lor tne OTTlce
of Mayor cast at tha last preceding- general
CITY
-.cv.k.v.u, uciusiiuiiiK an eiecutm
or a successor of the person sought to bo
removed shall be filed with the Auditor,
which petition shall contain a general state
ment of the grounds for which the removal
Is sought. At least 10 days before any petl-
1. circulated each paper shall be filed
with the Auditor, with a copy of the same
for his fll?s. and the date of such filing
indorsed thereon by the Auditor. At the
same time there shall be tiled with the Audi
tor a list of the persons who ar to cir
culate such petitions, giving the true name
and address of each, and no other shall be
authorized to circulate or make proof of
such petitions. The signatures to the peti
tion need not all be appended to one paper,
but each signer shall add to his signature
his place of residence, giving the street,
nouse number and precinct number. One ot
the signers of each such paper shall make
oath before an officer competent to ad
minister oaths that the statements made
thereon are true as he believes, and that
each signature to the paper appended is the
genuine signature of the person whose name
It purports to be. within 10 days from tl
filing of such petition the Cltv Clerk shall
examine and from the voters' register ascer
tain whether or not such petition Is signed
by the requisite number of qualified electors,
ana. If necessary, the Council shall allow
im,. ex ra t'e'P for that purpose: and he
shall attach to said petition his certificate,
showing the result of said examination. If
by the Clerk's oertiflc.ite the petition is
shown to be insufficient. It may be amended
within 10 days from the date of said cer
tificate. The Clerk shall within 10 davs
V?r "uch amendment make like examination
,, """ended petition, and If his certificate
!! ,! ;how the same to be insufficient It
be turned to t!e person filing the
same; without prejudice, however, to the
tV ,vLof a,J!ew p,e,ltlo to tle ame effect.
If the petition shall be deemed to be suf
?hLenri' th Clerk shall submit the same to
n-i.CK2n5n w.,thout delay. If the -petition
IhSli 1,0 " to be sufficient, the Council
.i ,rder and flx a date for holding the
nf e.KCtlon.not le" than 30 day nor
than f days from the date of tha
C1tks certificate to the Council that a
sufficient petition is Bled. wouno" Inat a
ml- C2u,nc11. "hail na.ke or cause to be
made publication of notice and all arrans-e-r,U,
" oldlnK election" S"d fh.
?am,?t ?ail S nlucted. returned and the
result thereof declared In all respects as
ant SffrC't3r elelons. The successor o?
fn ?floar BO "moved shall hold office dur
T?e unMI"re? tern ot his predecessor.
P " sought to be removed may be
a candidate to succeed himself, and unless
Shsfnl? otherwise in writing the Clerk
w,aH.P.ace h,ls name the official ballot
without nomination. In any such removal
election the candidate receiving the highest
Ah V,tes ."ha" be decfared elect?"
At such election If some other person than
the Incumbent receives the highest numhV.
aLrdSV.the iSbent shaft Thereupon bS
flcaHon if v,"" from the oftIce upon quail
ncation ot his successor. In case the party
S,,Je;eye: the hShest number of votes
1 a" t?luaI1fy within 10 davs after
.Tal fblfd-eemedcant. 'Ms"
m,ei.h?d of tnoval shall be cumulative and
vufeWlaw. th9 toforeeparnod
The qualifications of voters in munici
pal elections and of candidates for mu
nicipal office have not been modified No
person is qualified to vote at an election
held under the charter who has not been
a resident of the city for six months and
of the precinct in which he offers to vote
for 30 days next preceding the election
and . who does not possess the qualifica
tions of a legal voter of the State of
Oregon. The qualifications of candidat"
foi office are prescribed as follows:
nfhew0n ls eI,8lble to any elective office
vfdidelly' tX.Cpt.as otherwise herein pro
I,lV,Kh', 'I18 of hls election is not
a citizen of the United States and a resi
dent and voter of the City of Portlaand Sd
"oVe1 J" l?e Privileges of an 'eScfor c
Zr V? ,he constitution nd laws or fho
riateof Oregon, and who has not resided In
nrec C,',ty . prtland for thr , year. "Jjeit
P,rCjdl-nB hls election, or who has not re
sided for three year, next preceding him
election within the territory embraced wlfh!
In the city at the time of such elecUon.
Better Yet.
From Lif e.
"Humph!" says the lady with the
extra supply of artificial puffs. "Just
listen to this crazy stuff in the
woman s department of this magazine:
To retain your husband's Interest In
you remember the little traits and
ways and mannerisms that won his
affections. Be coy, be vivacious. Flirt
with him.' "
"Well," responds the lady with the
shiny nose, "that seems - to me to be
good advice."
"Humph! To retain your husband's
interest in you. flirt with somebody
else's husband, my dear."
THE WISE OF ROSES. "
Flowers and frolic and feasting and fun
Portland's great festival now is begun'
Welcome we gladly all friends to the
feast.
Guests from the Northland, the South,
and the East.
Sunshine and Summer with sweetest of
sweets,
Off'ring of June-time the pleasure com
pletes. '
Air-laden perfume which telle of the
flow'rs.
Happiness hasting the passing of hours.
Mating of merriest maidens and men.
Tying of knots up to three score and ten
Cupid's most busy till June days are
o'er
Banquets and kisses and roses galore.
Rapturous revelry, roses and rhyme.
Tell of the grandeur and beauty sub
lime. Nature and art blend in brilliant display.
Gorgeous in coloring, grand in array.
Feast-days of frolic and flowers and
fun.
Carnival Third of the Roses begun, -Echoes
of mirthfulness float on the air.
Splendor of royalty reigns everywhere.
Wondrous this West, with its weather
and wine.
Painting the cheek with the breath of
the pine:
Blossoms, like children in Innocence rare
Pure as the morning, as radiantly fair.
Shimmering summery sunlight and sheen
Smiling and gaiety everywhere seen:
Laughter till shades of the eventide
creep.
Music and melody lulling to sleep.
Garlands and gladness and gala-day glee.
Proudly we offer these praises to thee
Rose City Beautiful peer of the Coast
Wine of the roses, we drink, as our
toast.
Mrs. J. M. C. Miller.