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FOKTLAXT). FKIItAY. OCTOBKR . 199.
IN BRITISH PABUAATENT.
Apparently no progress is being
made by the British Parliament to
wards the solution of the land tax and
other leading questions raised by the
present ministry. The House of Lords
thus far appears immovable, nor can
it be foreseen what course that body
will pursue whether It will persist in
obstinate refusal, or make some con
cession by which the tension may be
relieved. The abrupt ways of proced
ure in former times, when the King
and the Lords had more rower than
now. cannot he employed nt this day.
There are summary' methods, indeed,
but the English people are very slow to
employ thorn. They deem talk better
than violent action, for In their country
revolutionary violence had its day long
ago. Before the days of James and
Charles, it would have been absurd to
talk of King or Lords manifesting
wisdom by yielding to the Commons.
But since rvnmw.'ll. It has been neces
sary for King and Lords to yield, in
one way or another, and since the re
form measures of the last sixty years
It has become Increasingly necessary.
Nevertheless, the "checks and bal
ances" are still employed to an extent
that would be tedious In our country,
and, moreover, would awaken most
stormy opposition.
Since 1832 it has bpen thoroughly
established, both in doctrine and in
practice, that concerning all impor
tant measures which have received the
approval of the House of Commons
for the second time that Is, on appeal
distinctly to the people and distinct
declaration of their approval and are
believed to be in accord with the
wishes of the more considerable body
cf the electors, the House of Lords
shall yield to the Commons.' But will
the Lords yield on the present meas
ures, until the Judgment of the coun
try shall have affirmed these measures
and elected a House of Commons that
will re-enact them?
Professor Dicey, an eminent English
authority, writes on "The Law of the
British Constitution": "If there is a
difference of opinion between the
House of Lords and the House of Com
mons, the House of Lords ought, at
some point (not definitely fixed) to
frive way; and if the Peers should not
yield, and if the House of Commons
continues to enjoy the confidence of
the country, it becomes the duty of
the Crown, or of its responsible ad
visers, to create or threaten to create
enough new Peers to override the op
position of the House of Lords, and
thus restore harmony between the two
branches of the Legislature." This
drastic method has actually been em
ployed to force measures heretofore;
for a bill passed by the Commons must
also pass the Lords before it becomes
a law. This is not simply an under
standing; it Is law. The courts do not
recognize as law the acts of the Com
mons alone. It would require a heavy
list of new Peers to overbear the pres
ent adverse majority in the Lords; and
possibly the old Peers would yield
rather than be submerged by the
masses of the new.
English constitutional writers hold,
however, that the obstinacy of the
Lords may force the Commons to test
the question whether they continue to
en'oy the confidence of the country.
Between these conditions the King
may be In a position of embarrass
ment: and the news reports say that
King Edward regards the present sit
uation with. much concern. He may
feel that it is a disagreeable thing to
"pack" the House of Lords, and may
dread the agitation that surely will be
attendant upon election of a new
House of Commons. In various coun
tries the dignity that doth hedge a
King has been known to suffer from
these popular agitations.
Whether the House of Lords will
give way, or whether it will be packed
or stuffed so as to drown the con
servative opposition, or whether there
will be appeal to the nation, on elec
tion of t new House of Commons, to
confirm the position taken by the pres
ent one, or when it will be held (If
held), and what will be tfte result if
held, cannot be told. But this can be
told: It will not be the Oregon refer
endum. It will be the English appeal
to the methods of representative gov
ernment. Nor will the main question,
the land tax. bear any relation to the
proposed confiscation to the state of
the Increased values in Oregon. It will
be a Just and proper tax, on frequent
revaluations of land practically what
we have In Oregon now. This Just
principle of land taxation taxation of
Increasing values, and revaluation at
frequent intervals must prevail In the
United Kingdom, as in the United
States, because It is just and necessary.
But it will be accomplished by the
methods of representative government,
not by the addition, through Oregon's
method, of "another fool to the fam
ily," and the biggest fool of all. In
that country they don't give unlimited
power to those who possess no prop
erty to despoil those who do possess
some, more or less. It Is a fight there,
all the time, between radical and con
servative forces; and the same fight
will be upon us here, more and more,
as the natural, wealth of the country
shall be exhausted, and each and all
hall desire more keenly to hold their
own. Justice must be done to tfie gen
eral body and commonweal on one
side, and spoliation of property must
be prevented on the other. The mid
dle ground is the position for Intelli
gent citizenship. Thus far we have
fewer difficulties in contending for it
than they have had in England and
other old countries. But we shall have
more, after a while.
Lurid imaginings and gloomy spec
ulations are indulged by scientists who
have of late been observing the planet
Mars. It is now surmised that some
awful 'cataclysm, surpassing in horror
anything that the earth has experi
enced since life was developed upon it,
has overtaken oucnext door planetary
neighbor and that the hapless Mar
tians, long menaced by starvation from
the drying up of the planet's moisture,
have succumbed to the force of sud
den disaster. After all, a sudden blow
that ends all Is better than a protracted
menace foreshadowing a certain end.
It is possible, therefore, that the Mar
tians are better off than we have
shudderingly supposed them to be in
their hopeless struggle for continued
existence.
TOrB VNXLE JOSEPH.
The Insurgents say they will put Jo
seph G. Cannon Uncle Joe out of
business In the next Congress. They
say they will try to prevent his re
election. At any rate, they will beat
him for Speaker. Of course they can't
prevent his re-election by his district,
and the more they try against him the
more sure he will be of election and
the greater his majority.
Possibly they may prevent his re
election as Speaker. But it is likely to
depend more on the state of parties In
the House at that time than on any
thing the Insurgents can do. Not Im
probably the Democrats will have a
majority in the next House. Then
Cannon can't be elected Speaker. He
will get only his party Tote.
But there may be a small Republi
can majority. This majority will' be
troubled by Insurgency. Yet Cannon
may win again, with the help of Demo
crats, unwilling to see control of legis
lation pass Into the hands ft people
hostile to the great "interests" in
which Democrats as well as Repub
licans are deeply concerned.
But Uncle Joe Is a picturesque char
acter. He has peculiar gift of homely
expression; he stands for what the
great body of those people want who
desire to maintain the policy of pro
tective tariff and general conservatism,
against policies branded with uncertain
and various trade-marks. The strength
of Uncle Joe lies largely in the fact
that his opponents, as a body, can't
trust themselves. They are afraid of
their extremists, of their cranks, fa
natics and fools. On the side of Can
non is the conservatism that lies In
great force In the Democratic party;
which is likely always to help him out,
to the extent of his losses among the
Insurgent Republicans.
BONDS FOB IRRIGATION.
There are no very substantial rea
sons against the bond issue proposed
by the Secretary of the Interior to
raise funds to complete the Govern
ment irrigation projects. Unless
money is raised for this purpose by
some means, the work must languish,
since the current expense far exceeds
the Income from the sale of lands.
There Is no doubt that each project
will pay for Itself In the long run, but
In the Interval funds are necessary to
push the reclamation enterprises to
completion. Evidently the best way to
meet the difficulty is by selling bonds.
Three ways of securing these bonds
are conceivable. They might be
based upon the general good faith of
the Nation, as Government securities
commonly are. The entire issue might
constitute a Hen on all the reclaimed
lands, or there might be a distinct
Issue of bonds to finance each project
separately. The last method is clear
ly the most desirable. Since reclama
tion Is undertaken as a business ven
ture to make the Government lands
more valuable. It stands to reason that
their value ought to Increase enough
to foot the bills. If that Is not to be
expected, then the venture is Indefensi
ble on the financial side. Still there
is no reason why a project which
turns out well should be burdened
with the consequences of the possi
ble failure of others. A man who
buys reclaimed land is Oregon may
fairly be held subject to the expenses
of the project which benefits him, but
he ought not to be assessed for one
in New Mexico or Arizona. The bonds
for each project should form a dis
tinct Issue, and the primary security
should be the lands under that project,
though, of course, back of them all
would be the Government's guarantee.
MB. HARRIMAN'S MOXl'MEXT.
The interest of the late E. H. Hax
rlman in the New York Central was
secured such' a short time before the
death of the railroad king that his
influence In that road was not very
great. Harrlman methods are re
flected quite strongly, however, in an
announcement in The Oregonlan of
yesterday, which stated that the great
Vanderbilt road would spend $60,000,
000 "In reducing grades, straightening
curves and laying new rails." Noth
ing that has yet appeared In print so
effectively shows up the tremendous
economic saving made through such
railroad expenditure as the latest re
port of the Union Pacific, just at hand.
Among other interesting data set forth
in this report are detailed figures
showing that the average trainload
per revenue train mile has increased
from 2T9 tons in 1898 to 548 tops' in
1909.
It was In this enormous saving,
made possible by heavy expenditure
on grades, curves and rails, that Mr.
Harrlman transformed the Union Pa
cific from a bankrupt scrap pile to
one of the best dividend-paying roads
in the country. That the limit of this
economy of operation has not been
reached Is further shown by an In
crease of thirty-six tons, or over 7 per
cent, in the trainload for 1908-09, as
compared with 1907-08. The in
creased volume of traffic was handled
with a saving of 2.88 per cent in loco
motive mileage, as compared with the
previous year. Low grades, light
curves and splendid physical condition
of the roads, and a high degree of
operating efficiency, are further re
flected in a reduction in the cost of
fuel per locomotive-mile run from
22.239 cents in 1907-08 to 18.827 centB
in 1908-09.
During the year there was an in
crease in gross earnings of $2,937,652,
which, with a reduction in expenses,
made a total increase In the net earn
ings from these sources of $6,612,092.
The total net earnings of the system
Increased from $34,245,261 in 1907-08
to $40,857,353 in 1908-09, a gain of
more than 19 per cent. When the
application of the Harrlman. methods
to a broken-down road like the
Union Pacific resulted in such a mar
velous showing, it is small wonder
that the New York Central, as well as
a number of other great Eastern
roads, are now adopting the Harriman
methods of increasing profits and re
ducing expenses.
It is needless to state here that one
of Mr. Harriman's greatest natural
gifts was the ability to select lieuten
ants who could carry out his plans
and make them meet his expectations.
Mr. Harrlman always gave full credit
to these men, and the fiine executive
ability of A. L. Mohler, formerly of
thts city, played no small part in the
results which made the Union Pa
cific's annual report a wonderful ex
hibit of up-to-date railroading.
DEAR PRICE OF FREE TLAND.
"No more free land" an Eastern
"conservation" cry has a harsh sound
for many sparsely settled districts in
the West. These districts want new
settlers and need the inducement of
cheap land to bring them. Older parts
of the United States have built up
their population by this method and
new ones think themselves entitled to
do the same. Editor Julian Byrd, of
the Burns (Or.) Times-Herald, says
in his paper:
End of Free Land," Is the heading of an
artl.-le from S. rihner published on the first
page In this issue In which the public
land commissioner Is quoted as saying that
public lands which now remain are chiefly
arid in character. Thti may be so to a
certain extent, but not altogether. It mere
ly shows that the East Is yet quite Ignor
ant of the West and conditions. We yet
have millions of acres of land to home
stead where profitable crops may be raised
by proper cultivation without Irrigation.
This land Is seml-arld. We also have in
some portions of the West great bodies of
arid land where Irrigation is possible, yet
these Eastern people, although thoy bewail
the condition of no land for the landless,
will not allow it to be accomplished. On our
first page la also an article stating that the
East will oppose the proposed bond Issue
to make the reclamation of vast areaa pos
sible. The man wbo takes advantage or
the land Is the one who must pay for tbi
bond lssua, yet the East will fight It.
So far as the conservation policy
confines Itself to proper protection of
forests and streams, it Is commendable.
But reserves and preserves have been
stretched too far. There are vast
mountain areas in this Western coun
try that are fit only for forests and
water basins. There are other areas
In the lowlands that will produce more
wealth as fields than as forests. There
are semi-arid expanses of land that
can benefit the country and the people
only in private ownership. Too little
discrimination has been exercised by
conservation "experts" in withdrawing
land from entry. Example of this in
Oregon was seen recently along Owy
hee River, where excess Pinchot with
drawals to the extent of 319,000 acres
were canceled by Ballinger. Likewise
In many other Western states.
The conservation policy needs re
forming. it will be reformed, though
not right away. Eastern influences
demanding that public lands in the
West be administered to please Its
whims and fancies, rather than to con
form with practical ideas of utility,
are too strong to be resisted. Practical
lessons will have to be learned mean
while at the expense of development
and progress. The public land belongs
to all the people, of course. But the
people can do nothing with the best
of it until individuals make homes
on It. Most wild land is worth little
or nothing until it is cultivated. Set
tlers who make that use of it, after
obtaining it from the Government
free or at a nominal price, pay dearly
for it. The making of farms in the
wilderness Is an effort attended by se
vere privation, hardship, suffering and
toil. The men and women who do
this work for the country pay a hjgh
price.
THE DIAZ UBEL SUIT.
If President Diaz, of Mexico, had
the same control over the New York
courts as he has over those in his own
dominions, he would unquestionably
win his libel suit against Carlo de For
nalro. Since our courts do not render
decisions in obedience to the com
mands of a sovereign, the outcome is
not so easy to predict. Fornalro's
book? which the libel suit Is based
upon, handles the aged dignitary with
more ruthlessness than is really seem
ly, considering his venerable years, and
it makes statements of fact which are
uncomplimentary in the extreme.
But there are few politicians who do
not suffer detraction as they near the
tomb. Washington was rsviled in his
latter years.- Jefferson la. hooted at
to this day by the unregenerate. One
would scarcely expect such an indu
rated veteran as Diaz to feel the ar
rows of satire and calumny very
keenly.
Rulers seldom gain anything by
starting libel suits unless the courts
are abject. Juries always sympathize
with a - private Individual against an
official, and Judges are usually on the
alert to shear the claws of tyranny.
The English government was once In
the habit of prosecuting Its subjects
for libel, in the hope of silencing criti
cism, but it finally found the business
unprofitable. The Kaiser still wages
war on free speech by arrests for lese
majeste, but even that vigorous poten
tate has probably lost prestige by re
sorting to this particular form of libel
suit. Nobody would deem that Mr.
Roosevelt has bettered matters by his
prosecutions of newspaper publishers.
President Biaz may find the. fates more
favorable to him than they are to other
rulers, but if precedents are any guide
he would have followed wiser counsel
if he had pocketed his grievance and
saved his money.
THE ALBANY. APPLE FAIR. '
The apple fair now being held in
Albany presents anew the wonders of
developed horticulture. The Middle
Willamette Valley was the home of
the pioneer apple industry, but from
causes well understood chief of which
was restricted market this industry
fell into neglect and decay many
years ago. Its revival Is witnessed in
the truly excellent exhibit now being
made at Albany.
Nature was the caretaker of the
first orchards. With such favors as
were shown by a virgin soil and a I
mild climate, the apple trees planted
half a century and more ago in this
section grew and flourished and were
wonderfully fruitful. But when at
length railroads came and the mar
ket was widened, the trees had
grown gnarly and mossy and pest-ridden,
and there were no merchantable
apples to meet the new demand.
In promoting the apple Industry as
it now appears in the Willamette
Valley, it was first of all necessary to
get rid of these old orchards. It is
largely for this reason that the Hood
River Valley came first Into- promi
nence as an Oregon apple-growing dis
trict. That is to say. Hood River hor
ticulturalists were first in the new
market with perfect fruit. While the
farmers of the Willamette Valley were
being urged, practically in vain, to
root out their old family orchards and
reset them with clean nursery stock,
the apple-growers of Hood RIyer Val
ley were planting commercial or
chards, nruoiiuc and auraylng" them
and in due time coming into the mar
ket with apples that astonished the
world.
The Albany Apple Fair is a pre
sentment of what science as applied to
apple-growing has accomplished in
Marlon, Linn, Benton and Lane Coun
ties. Each and all of these exhibits
prove that all that is necessary to
raise apples In Western Oregon as
clean as the cjeanest and as fine as
the finest is to work intelligently and
industriously to that end. The same is
true in other sections of the state, each
and every one of which when properly
exploited contributes its quota to the
fame of "Oregon apples."
Work has begun on the Lake Wash
ington ship canal, ex-Governor Mc
Graw turning the first shovelful of dirt
Wednesday with appropriate cere
mony. It is stated that the digging
of this canal will lower the waters of
the lake eight feet. This should un
cover and make valuable a considera
ble area of rich land bordering the
lake and its tributaries, and the bene
fits from this source will undoubtedly
equal those of a maritime nature. The
topography of the country Is such that
Lake Washington will hardly prove a
good commercial harbor in which
business can be handled to good ad
vantage. As a, haven for Idle vessels
which would deteriorate more rapidly
In salt water than in fresh, the lake
will prove of value. Some of the great
natural beauty of Its surroundings will
necessarily vanish with that eight-foot
drop, but the beauties of nature are
secondary affairs when the hand of
man reaches out for business.
The Chicago wheat market ad
vanced yesterday on the strength of a
report from Argentina announcing the
appearance of locusts In the growing
wheat fields. For the purpose for
which it is used by the market boom
ers, the Argentine locust is fully as
effective as the Kansas chlnchbug.
Both of them are so badly overworked
during the crop season, however, that
they are no longer able to cause ad
vances of the old-time proportions.
With the American farmers perfecting
a monopoly for the purpose of forcing
wheat prices to unnatural heights in
this country and the locusts working
the Argentine wheat fields, the poor
consumer, who must foot the bills, will
soon regard wheat as a luxury as well
as a necessity.
There was more than the usual
meaning In the resolutions of the di
rectors after Mr. Harriman's death
when they said: "He was more than
chairman of the executive committee
and president, which offices at the
time of his death he held and had
long filled he was the genius of the
new Union Pacific and Southern Pa
cific; and the high degree of efficiency
to which these properties have been
brought, the part that is being per
formed by them in the development
of the country they serve, and the
solid basis upon which the securities
of said companies now rest, are monu
ments to his genius, marvelous energy
and untiring work in the interest of
these companies."
General Homer Lea, who tells in
Harper's Weekly how easily a Japan
ese army could land on a Chehalis
County beach and dominate the States
of Washington and Oregon, overlooks
the fact that the people of this re
gion are not Russians and would be
doing a little "landing" of their own
meanwhile. When Japan is ready for
a trouncing, all she need do is to fol
low General Lea's programme.
Expert testimony proving that Dr.
Cook did and did not climb Mount Mc
Kinley continues to appear. In the
light of recent developments the ex
plorer no doubt wishes that he had
taken Ahwelah and Etukishuk instead
of Barrill with him when he went up
the mountain. They appear to have
followed instructions as to what they
were to say.
"Senator Bourne," we are told, "In
sists that it is the right of the entire
people to participate in the election of
Senator." Oh, yes. Senator, Indeed and
truly. Just watch, and behold them
"participate" next time.
Making a living is easy in, Oregon
when one knows how. A Baker
County man has cleared $1200 this
season on a three-acre tract, on the
Powder River. He has 250 hives of
bees that's all.
If Mrs. Waymire had taken her pun
ishment long ago, as a nice little wom
an should, she would now be free amid
the apples, the roses, the Bull Run,
th-i Chinook rain and the politicians.
"In China," said our resident Chi
nese philosopher yesterday, "bank
blust, chlop head off; Hongkong (Eng
lish port) put man In jail; Olegon, too
much dlam Supleme Coult."
There is such a multitude of di
rectors of 'banks broken at Portland
what a crowd they will make should
they all be assembled as guests of the
str.te at Salem!
The United Railways will now pay
its debts. It should not forget the
debt it owes the county for repair
of the Linnton road, which it ruined
with its tracks.
Now the Burlington is to run a solid
train from Chicago to Portland. Ver
ily, there must be something in the
city at the head of Columbia River
navigation.
Amid the armed neutrality between
Ballinger and Pinchot, each perceives
that a soft answer has turned away
the Big Stick from one or the other of
them.
If Portland bank wreckers, a decade
and a half ago, had been disposed of
in this fashion, probably their tribe
Would have been forever exterminated.
How many more are there who can
throw testimony on the one side or the
other of the Mount McKinley dispute
and make themselves famous?
Even If religious disputes do not
reach a unanimous verdict, the thun
der and lightning leave a clearer at
mosphere. The fierce talk between Jeff and the
black Indicates that they will need a
Municipal Association referee.
The next Oregon Legislature may
need to provide at the penitentiary a
special wing for financiers.
There will be no more dummy bank
director In Portland. Trust to that.
JAPAN'S SIDE OF THE CASE.
New York View Regarding; the Open
Door Problem In the Far East.
New York Journal of Commerce.
To understand the position of Japan in
Manchuria It is necessary to keep stead
ily In mind the comparative helplessness
of China. The Fukuman Railway con
troversy was a petty question by Itself,
but It involved serious economic and po
litical considerations for Japan. In the
first place, China bound herself in secret
protocol to the Pekln Agreement of 1905,
"not to construct, prior to the recovery
(by China) of the (South Manchuria)
railway, any line in the neighborhood
and parallel to. that railway, or any
branch line which might be detrimental
to the interest of the South Manchurlan
Railway." The latter road is the only
tangible asset that remains to Japan as
the result of her victory over. Russia.
She is naturally Jealous of anything cal
culated to prove adverse to Its interests,
and the projected Fakumen Railway
would merely have been the beginning of
trouble.
The Chinese officials, with character
istic craftiness, sought to make the dis
pute an entering wedge for the disruption
of the Anglo-Japanese alliance. With
ample surplus revenue from the Imperial
railway of North China available for the
eonstruction the more difficult Pekin
Kalgan line. It was considered necessary
in building this little fifty-mile extension
to reverse the policy of the country and
resort to a foreign loan placed in Great
Britain, with consequent placing of the
contract for construction with a British
company. The Japanese had good ground
for the suspicion that the Fakumen
scheme was deliberately intended to
prejudice their relation with their West
ern ally, and they had the frank avowal
of the Chinese authorities that it was
their Intention to prolong the railway
northward to Tsltslhar and thence on to
Aigun on the Siberian frontier. While
the economic effect of such a competition
upon the South Manchurlan Railway
would be undeniably serious, the political
and strategical consequences which Its
construction would Involve for Japan
would be more serious still. In the pres
ent helpless condition of China there is
no possible guarantee that such a road
should pass under the control of a hostile
power no security that foreign capital
would not be advanced for It with the
deliberate purpose of menacing the se
curity of Japan. ,
There are considerations which must
be borne in mind In considering the
question whether Japan has not made
unfair use. of her position In Southern
Manchuria. While she may not be al
lowed to be the sole judge of how far it
is vital to her own security that she
should have complete strategical control
over the railways which traverse the
three Eastern provinces of China, the
defense of safety and Independence of
Japan must be regarded as absolutely
essential to the maintenance of tHe status
quo in the Far East. The government of
Japan has never shown any disposition
to shirk the agreements It has made for
the preservation of the open door In
Manchuria, but It regards Itself as the
heir of the special privileges which China
granted by treaty to Russia in the
Southern province.
Taking Care of Oneself.
Dr. F. G. Butler, In Chicago Journal.
After 60, the importance of the annual
vacation becomes greater each year.
Every middle-aged man should have at
least two or three weeks' continuous va
cation a year; a longer time would be
better. In addition to this, every Sun
day should be a day of rest. No man
can continue to work "nights and Sun
days" the year round without endanger
ing his health. No two men can take
their vacation in the same way with
equal benefit. There are as many ways
of spending a vacation as there are in
dividuals. The one rule should be to live
a life different from that of the rest of
the year, taking the . precaution not to
overdo the strength. Many people ex
ercise too much during vacation. What
one needs most, especially the active
business man. Is rest and quiet. I wish
to caution you against smoking too much,
not only during your vacation, but when
at work. The tendency to increase the
amount of tobacco used Is almost irre
sistible. Smoking to excess weakens the
heart, makes one nervous and short of
breath and is altogether pernicious.
"Passing- the Tray" In Restaurants.
Delineator.
One of the most attractive features
of .modern hotel and restaurant service
is what is known as the "passing of
the tray." This is now quite a matter
of course at many fashionable estab
lishments, whether the time be the
luncheon, the tea, or the dinner hour.
On this tray are arranged an artistic
assortment of morsels of pastry, each
one on its own small dolly of lace
paper or fine linen, the effect being
often extremely decorative. When this
tray Is not in actual use, it is usually
placed in tome conspicuous spot, where
its contents may be examined as one
enters or leaves the dining-room. Such
inspection is well worth while, and la
considered quite the proper thing. The
foundation of these pretty little
nothings is the regulation puff paste
or "French pastry."
The Boy On To His Job.
Success Magazine.
For four consecutive nights the hotel
man had watched his fair, timid guest
fill her pitcher at the water cooler.
"Madam," he said on the fifth night,
"If you would ring, this would be done
for you."
"But where is my bell?" asked the
lady.
"The bell is beside your bed," replied
the proprietor. ,
"That the bell!" she exclaimed.
"Why, the boy toH me that was the
fire alarm, and that I wasn't to touch it
on any account."
Government of Washing-ton, I). C.
FORT CASEY; Wash., Oct. 26. (To
the Editor.) Will you kindly Inform
me through your columns whether
Washington, D. C is governed directly
by Congress through one of its com
mittees, or similarly to other munici
palities of the United States?
PETER TRUVER.
The District of Columbia, which in
cludes the city of Washington, is gov
erned by three Commissioners, who
are appointed by the President. The
citizens have no voice In municipal or
National affairs.
TRIBUTE TO AMERICA.
Percy Bysshee Shelley.
There is a people mighty in Us youth,
A land beyond the oceans of the West,
Where, though with rudest rites. Freedom
and Truth
Are worshipped. From a glorious mother's
breast
Who, since high Athens fell, among the rest,
tiat like the Queen of Nation, but in woe,
By Inbred monsters outraged and oppressed.
Turns to ber chalnless child for succor now.
It draws the milk of Power In Wisdom's
fullest flow.
That land la like an eagle, whose young
' gaze
Feeds on the "noontide beam, whose golden
plume
Floats moveless on the storm, and In the
blaze
Of sunrise gleams when earth la wrapped In
gloom ;
An epitaph of glory for the tomb
Of murdered Europe may thy fame be made.
Great peoplel A the sands Shalt thou be
come! Thy growth Is swift as morn when night
must fade;
Thy multitudinous eartb shall sleep beneath
thy shade.
Yes. in the desert there Is built a home
For Freedom. Genius is made strong to rear
The monuments of man beneath thy dome
Of a new heaven; myriads assemble there
Whom the proud lords of man, in rage or
fear,
Drive from their wasted homes,
Ky, start not at the name, America!
LEGAL RIGHT OF SYRIANS TO VOTE.
Native Born Syrian, Married to Ameri
can Woman, States Mia Position.
P6RTLAND, Or., Oct. 28. (To the
Editor.) In a recent Isue of The Ore
gonlan I read the following:
La Crosse Under a ruling from R. S.
Coleman, ohlef examiner of the Census Bu
reau at Washington, D. C. 100 Syrian voters
In I.a Croasa will lose their citizenship while
hundreds of others all over the Northwest
will be affected.
Since then I have been watching for
further information on 'the subject but
have failed to see any, except what I
read in the Arabic papers published In
New York.
I am one of the thousands of Sy
rians who have become citizens of this
country, and have for the past few
years proved to the American people
our love, devotion and appreciation of
this privilege. Three years ago I was
married to an American woman whose
ancestors were among the first settlers
of this country. Two years ago our
son was born and registered as a full
fledged citizen, which entitles him to
become a candidate to the United States,
Presidency on the Republican ticket in
1944 or 194S.
It seems to be the effort of some of
ficials of the Census Bureau, and others
In Washington, to prove that the Turks
do not belong to the white race. I will
not try to defend the Turks, but when
they consider the Syrians as Turks, I
will have something to say. They have
just as much right to call us Turks as
they have to call the Algerians French,
because these Algerians are governed
by the French government, or the
Cubans Americans because these Cubans
were governed by the American Gov
ernment. I do not mean to say that the Turks
are not white, because I believe they are
the cream of the white race, but there
are very few Turks In this country,
while there are hundreds of thousands
of Syrians who wil be affected by this
ruling and who are entitled to protec
tion from such attacks, such rulings
and such officials. There are thousands
of Greeks In this country who are sub
jects of the Turkish government. What
would Mr. Campbell or Mr. Coleman
consider these Greeks to be? White,
because they are Greeks; or yellows,
becuse they are Turkish subjects?
What proof do these officials have
that give them right to pass this ruling
and deprive many thousands of the
right they have been enjoying for
years? What difference do these of
ficials find between the features of the
Syrian and the American people? Ex
cepting In certain cases, the Syrians
have darker complexions and that Is
owing to their warm climate. Are the
Jews of Syria and Palestine a different
race from the Christians of that same
country?
Does any of the encyclopedias show
that the Syrians, who are the fathers
of the Caucasian race, and also of
Christianity, belong to the Mongol or
yellow races? Article 2169 of the by-laws
of American naturalization says: "All
races of white people and the Africans
are allowed to become cltlsens of the
United States," thus barring the Mon
gols and yellows, only.
The Encyclopedia Brlttanlca, volume
xxil, page 823, says: "Syria has suffered
severely from the Mongol invasions
(1260) and it never recovered its for
mer prosperity." This means that the
Syrians are not Mongolians, and that
the invasion of their country by the
Mongolians did not make them such
but hindered their prosperity.
On the other hand, if the ruling was
passed because the Syrians are Asians,
then what about the Russian people
who lived in Asian Russia, and also
the Syrian Jews?
I remember on several occasions
when communications were held be
tween some naturalized Syrians and
ex-Secretary of State Root concerning
their protection as Americans, when
they Intended to visit Syria, Mr. Root
explained to them that as there was no
treaty between the United States Gov
ernment and Turkey on that subject,
the United States Government would
do all in its power to protect them for
a short period, providing they did not
Intend to live in Syria, and that out
side the Turkish dominions they would
be treated and protected as American
citizens.
Is there any ground, then, tor . this
ruling? Is there any sense in depriving
thousands of good, honest, law-abiding
citizens of their rights? Let the people
Judge.
N. S. S.
USE FOR GREAT PHYSICAL ASSETS
Taft, Roosevelt and Bryan Abl to En
dare Continuous Strain.
Hartford Times.
Although President Taft began his 13.-000-mlle
swing around the circle over a
month ago, he is reported to be in excel
lent physical condition. His waking
hours have been spent mainly in the
hands of reception dinner committees,
and his sleeping hours mainly on railroad
trains. The trip has inflicted a tremen
dous tax on his nervous and physical
system. The average person would soon
break down under the strain. To nine
persons out of ten the ordeal would be
killing. The stomach would soon wax
Insurgent. Nerves and body would get
tired out, and the whole system would
revolt against the over-tax.
It is a great asset to Mr. Taft to be
able to endure the continuous Btraln
without experiencing bodily deterioration.
Mr. Roosevelt, his predecessor, was still
more of a physical marvel, and his ca
pacity for sustained effort was remark
able. Mr. Bryan Is also a man who can
travel continuously and talk Incessantly
without suffering any apparent physical
detriment and without undermining his
bodily vitality.
Only a person, of the finest physical
manhood can undergo such a strain as
Taft Is now enduring, and as Roosevelt
and Bryan have on accaslon endured,
without paying heavy penalties. A sound
body and an iron constitution are funda
mentally desirable items In an Inventory
of anybody's personal assets. Anybody
who Includes 'them in his equipment Is
fortunate.
American Goods In London.
New York Herald.
The business exhibition now running
at Great Olympia Hall, In London, is
probably the finest testimonial ever put
forward to the supremacy of America
in the oiflce appliance and business
field.
In all there are 133 exhibitors, of
whom 60 odd are purely American
firms, operated by American capital
and directed by American brains, or
else are English firms selling ex
clusively American products. A large
number of others are British exhibitors
who sell British goods chiefly but
pushing numerous American lines.
It is significant that when the visitor
leaves the American element of the exr
hibition he is confined to the more un
interesting features of the show entire
ly. He finds himself among stencil
makers, printers, showing many speci
mens that would be laughed at In New
York and Chicago; a few calculating
and adding machines, mostly of Ger
man invention and some looseleaf book
manufacturers, and a number of firms
pushing small, cheap specialties like
pen nibs, paper fasteners and things
of that kind.
May Beat Brysm'" Record.
Houston Post.
If Mr. Hearst lives the allotted time
of three score years and ten he will
probably accumulate one of the finest
assortments of political defeats In ex
istence. Preparing, for Next Year.
Indianapolis News.
Arrangements have been made also
for carrying over posperity Into next
year. A larger acreage of wheat than,
last year has been planted.
Life's Sunny Side
James Clarkson, once surveyor of the
Port of New York, was discussing the
wise and rigid rules to prevent smug
gling that he has put in force. The
reporter turned the subject to trunk
searching. He spoke of the embarrass
ment that is sometimes caused by a
customs officer's too thorough search
of young ladies' trunks. But Mr. Clark
son laughed and said: "Oh, you are
over-delicate. You are like the head
boy in the Hannibal Sunday school.
This head boy was called up to the
superintendent's desk to receive a prize
of a Bible. The prize was for biblical
knowledge. But tho superintendent,
before bestowing it, said he would ask
the boy a few questions that would
show his wide religious knowledge
well. So he began: 'Tell us, my boy,
some Incident in the life of Joseph In
dicative of his scrupulous honesty." The
lad frowned, and answered naugniuy:
'Oh, sir. please remember, sir, that
there are ladies present.' "
a
They were discussing that old, old
accusation against woman that she can
not keep a secret. The late Mary fi.
Anthony had listened attentively to the
discussion; then at last she said:
"A woman can keep an Important se
cret as well as a man. The secrets
she reveals are slight and harmless
ones, such as any man would reveal.
Where is the woman who ever tells a
secret that reflects on her husband or
her own children?
"I know a man who one day refused
to tell his wife the outcome of a busi
ness transaction, in which, quite natur
ally, she took a deep Interest.
" 'No,' he sneered when she asked him
about it. "You women make me tired;
you can never keep a secret!"
" "Roger, old fellow," replied the wife
in quiet, even tones, "have I ever told
the secret about the solitaire engage
ment ring you gave me 18 years ago
being paste?"
"And then he told her all about that
business transaction, and he did not
omit a 'single tiny detail, either."
Philadelphia Record.
In an assault and battery case tried
in a Cleveland court the prosecuting
witness testified at length that the
defendant had knocked him senseless
and had then kicked him for several
minutes.
"If this man's attack rendered you
unconscious." demanded the magistrate,
"how is It that you know he kicked you
when you were down?.'
the!
forj
This Question seemed to floor the
witness. He was lost in reflection
some moments; then, brightening, he
replied:
"I know it, your honor, because that's
what I would have done to him If I'd
got him down." Circle Magazine.
m m m
A -young English suffragette tells of
a funny Incident that happened at a
meeting in the Scotch Highlands.
"Speeches had been made to a large
crowd. Questions had been replied to
amid applause. Imbecile young men
making remarks about minding babies
and mending socks had been silenced.
Then, Just as there was a temporary
lull before the putting of a resolution,
a great bucollo Scotch voice from the
back of a crowd rasped slowly in with
the lnculry, obviously tl- result of
prolonged rumination. 'Wha made a
mess of AdamT" Rochester Union
and Advertiser.
A lecturer who was talking recently
at a woman's club about famous men
of letters said in his remarks about
Hawthorne that as soon as Hawthorne
was married he took his wife to the
Old Manse. After the lecture two
members of the audience were dis
cussing what they had heard.
"I was surprised that he should he
so Indelicate in his remarks about
Hawthorne, said one of tne two.
"I didn't notice anything out of the
way," replied her companion. "What
did he say?"
"He spoke oi Hawthorne's taking his
wife 'to the old man's." I think It
would have sounded much better If he
had said that he took her to his
father's." New York Sun.
NEWSPAPER WAIFS.
Voice from within the taxlcab Shay,
ehoorer. how much do I owe ye? "Seven
dollars and fifty cents, sir." "Well, abay,
back up '"I re come to 80 cents. That's all
I got." Life.
The pastor (dtnlng with the family) Ah.
yea. Brother Smlthers, It Is the little things
of this life that count. Little Willie (In a
loud whisper) Maw. that's the sixth biscuit
he's tools. Chicago xriDune. j
Credit Man Do you consider Hobson a
careful financial manager? Reporter Most
assuredly. Why, since the Remsen Board de
cided that benzoate of aoda was a harmless
preservative, he insists on putting some in
his pocketbook every morning. Puck.
The Shooting Season Extract from a tet
ter from Bertie to his friend Percy "Dear
Percy: The Daunceye. with whom I us
staying, are awfully decent, and do every
thing they can to make my visit enjoyable.
For Instance, whenever we go shooting, they
give me a whole field to myself." Punch.
"I want to make a name for myself In
politics," said the ambitious youth. "Well."
answered Senator Sorghum. "It'a liable to
be a long and difficult enterprise. Tou'U
probably have to put In a considerable share
of your time allowing- your enemies to caU
you any namea they happen to thins: of."
Washington Star.
IN THE MAGAZINE
SECTION OF THE
SUNDAY
OREGONIAN
HUNTING A WOMAN'S
JOB IN PORTLAND
Experience of a stranger pre
tending to be a green country girl,
in search of any kind of employ
ment except kitchen work.
VAEIED EXHIBITS AT THE
CROOK COUNTY FAIR
Not only products of the soil,
but an educational exhibit, and
Wild West shows, and Indian
dances.
AUTOCRATIC POWER OF
NEW YORK'S MAYOR
Head of a great community
where a birth occurs every six and
a death every seven minutes.
DR. CHAS. W. ELIOT'S
"NEW RELIGION"
Full text of the address which
has aroused theologians through
out the English-speaking world.
TOGO INTERVIEWS
HON. JAS. JEFF
The Japanese school boy's esti
mate of the undefeated heavy
weight champion of the world.
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