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JTMMAB.I AXD THE CNION9.
Mr. Roosevelt's Outlook editorial
a the McNamara case contains three
statements which ought to be read and
heeded by union labor men and every
body else as well. Although they oc
cur In different parts of the article
tve shall group them, for convenience.
In a single paragraph:
The one and only question is as to
the guilt or Innocence of the men
accused. Any man who seeks to have
them convicted If they are Innocent
Is guilty of a crime against the state
and any man who seeks to have them
acquitted If guilty Is also guilty of a
crime against the state. They are en
titled to an absolutely fair trial. If
.they have no money to provide coun
sel for .themselves, then It would be
entirely proper for any body of men to
furnish them requisite funds .simply
as an Incident t securing them a fair
trial; but It Is grossly Improper to try
to create a public opinion In favor of
the arrested men simply because the
crime of which they are accused was
committed against a capitalist and
because the men who are charged with
committing it are members of a labor
union. No worse service can be ren
dered by labor union leaders to the
cau.se of unionism than that which
they render when they seek "to iden
tify the cause of unionism with the
cause of any man guilty of a murder
ous attack of this nature."
The circumstances which led Mr.
Roosevelt to write the article, from
which we have quoted are sufficiently
well known. After the arrest of Mc-
N'amara and his hasty remoil from
Indiana to California, It was as
serted everywhere by union labor men
that he had been kidnaped with
the Intention of murdering him under
the forms of law. Since the real per
petrator of the explosion at the Times
building could not be discovered. It
was declared, it had been decided te
'make a vicarious sacrifice and Mc
Namara was selected for the victim.
Why he In particular seemed to be
more suitable than anybody else for
a vicarious offering did not appear.
' Even Mr. Gompers, who Is usually
temperate la his speeches, caught the
passionate Infection and declared pub
licly that' plans had been laid for a
"class murder." McNamara was to
be put to death because capital must
have victim to appease Its wrath
over the Times explosion.
This feeling was and Is. as we have
aid. widespread among labor union
men. The Socialists are dolngall they
ran to foment It a-rfd make It more
fanatical, since passion of this sort Is
water on their wheel. If capital Is
going to seize and execute Innocent
union men the best thing one can do
,1s to Join the party which Is openly
hostile to capital. Underlying this
wild and mistaken agitation there are
two assumptions which deserve care
ful consideration. The first Is that
McNamara Is demonstrably innocent.
The second, thaf the Los Angeles
courts are under the control of the
enemies of union labor and that they
will put him to death la spite of his
Innocence.
If It were certain that McNamara Is
Innocent, then the unions would be
fully Justified In going to any extreme
within the law to save his life. But
Is It certain? Would Mr. Gompers pr
any other labor leader be bold enough
to say that he knows McNamara had
no hand In blowing up the Times
building? If he did blow It up he
ought to be tried and punished. That
the manner of his arrest was unfortu
nate may be conceded readily. It Is
not good policy to appear to hurry a
man away from his friends and de-
Iirlve him of his constitutional prlvl
eges. but this, after all. was a detail.
It does not affect the merits of the
case. The real question, as Mr. Roose
velt says. Is that of McNamara'a guilt
or Innocence, and this nobody Is in a
position to decide Just yet. He is en
titled to the presumption of Innocence,
beyond doubt, until his guilt has been
proved. Perhaps Mr. Roosevelt goes
a little too far toward assuming that
he will be convicted. That may or
may not happen, but until his convic
tion has been secured it Is the duty
of good citizens to admit, that he
may be Innocent.
But thla Is a very different thing
from boldly aiwrltng that he is lnno
I cent and accusing his prosecutors of
, a design to murder him Judicially.
Class murders have occurred now and
thn and It Is not to be denied that
some enemies of the unions are bitter
enough to countenance them, perhaps,
hut no man has the right to accuse
tho whole official body of a tate of
any such hideous Intent. Mr. Burns,
the detective who arrested McNamara.
has never been charged with a base
or Inhuman net In his life. It Is in
credible that he would lend his aid to
a "class murder" for a few thousand
dollars' reward.
But the most stupendous call 'is
made on our credulity when we are
asked to believe that the courts of
Los Angeles would aid in the contem
plated horror. To put It Imldly, we
are aked to believe that Judgo. sit
ting In a glare of publicity with the
4 yea of the vorld ifpn them, wilt
coolly and deliberately set about the
commission uf a Judicial murder: that
they will supprees the truth, connive
at the commission of perjury, forward
the plot against McNamara and de
prive him of his defensive rights In
order to In some favor or reward
from .ar Ital." Is not this asking a
good deal?
"Without free wool." says Mr.
3r)tn. "tariff reform will not amount
to much, for the spirit that would lead
ICoaa-reas to tax all the farmers and all
I tne eiuaane whe wap areola, a-oeda
l QlitS -14 1V ULfUt tribute to Ua
few farmers who raise sheep will con
sent to other tariff exactions until
tariff reform will be little more than
a farce." This Is a view taat la. taken
by a Tf at many Republicans, but it Is
not a view that appeals to a Democrat
dwelling-in a woolgrowing state, or
one who Is desirous of "trading" some
other line of protection for a wool
state vote. The basic principle the
protective tariff is to help a few people
or classes of people profit a't tho ex
pense of others who are nt heep
growers. steelmakers of in any way
engaged In pursuits specially favored
by law.
THE AI.49KAX COAL DEMONSTRACTOJM
Imbued by the same spirit that
caused their forefathers to throw over
board a tea cargo In Boston harbor
more than a century ago, a party of
red-blooded Americans at Cordova,
Alaska, on Thursday dumped Into the
bay several hundred tons of British
Columbia coal which had been import
ed because the Plnchot policy of con
servation prevented he us of Alaska
coaL Viewed from an economic
standpoint, th Alaskans in emulating
the members of the Boston tea party
have not accomplished much. It
may. before the Summer Is over, prove
a case of "cutting --ff the nose to spite
the face," " The Bostonlans, ln,the es
tablishment of a principle, merely de
prived themselves of a luxury. The
Alaskans, to Increase the potency of
their protest, have destroyed a staple
necessity which they may need this
Summer in their mining and other op
erations. The affair can hardly fall to have at
least one Intended effect. It will call
attention to a condition of affairs that
reflects anything but credit on the
Government. The world's history is
replete with cases in which similar
demonstrations have been necessary to
attract the attention and bring the re
lief that Is due. The famous esca
pade of old John Brown was a fool
hardy and at that time seemingly
useless undertaking which gave not
even a glimmer of the mighty events
of which h was the forerunner.
It Is not easy to palliate or excuse
the needless destruction of property,
but If the Alaskans by their drastic
maneuver attract sufficient attention
to bring about tho long-overdue re
forms In their land laws, condemna
tion of their lawless act will be very
mild, while the approval in most quar
ters where the true conditions are best
understood will be complete and ever-
whelming.
The incident will serve to show the
Eastern theorists and faddists of the
Plnchot type that the policy of Plnchot
Is not popular where it is la practice.
The demonstration was sufficiently
striking to attract the notice of the
whole country, and it may convince
Congress that something is wrong in
the far north. This protest Is suffi
ciently emphatic to cause even the
energetic muckrakers to give pause in
their misrepresentation of Alaska and
the men who are endeavoring to de
velop Its resources. With a cessation
of the attacks made on the men who
are endeavoring to open up the coun
try it may be possible for Congress to
heed President Taf t s advice, abandon
Its biased position and pass laws that
will release the country from the
bondage which Is so galling.
Out of the maze of misrepresenta
tion which surrounds the Alaska
problem two essential facts stand
forth unmistakably clear. One Is
that there are vast deposits of coal
which will never be accessible so lone
as they remain In the hands of small
claim-owners. The other is the im
possibility of attracting capital to a
country suffering from the blight of
Plnchotiam. .
CntCTCAR ARGUMENT.
The report of the Board of Army
Engineers against tho proposed dredg
ing of tho channel in the Columbia
River from the mouth of tho Willam
ette River to Vancouver shows that
that body needs tho Infusion of a few
modern Ideas. It says In substance
that, since the burning of the larg
lumber mill at Vancouver, no shlpJJ
requiring a 20-foot channel visit that
city; therefore a 20-foot channel is not
needed.
This Is the same old argument
which was used as an excuse for not
building a railroad Into Central Ore
gon. Short-sighted railroad men said
there were no settlers to produce traf
fic, therefore they refused to build;
the settlers said there was no railroad
to haul out their produce, therefore
they refused to settle. Finally a far-
sighted railroad man In the person of
John F. Stevens came and saw that
the settlers would settle ana tne lana
would produce traffic If a railroad
were built, and he built It. Now the I
settlers are preparing to produce the j
traffic and will produce It In great
volume. . "
It Is tho same with river and harbor '
Improvements as with railroads. A
few pioneers settle on a bay or at the
mouth of a river to which great
wealth of timber, agricultural land
and minerals is tributary. They see i
that this dormant wealth might be
produced profitably If the mouth of
the river were only deepened or
straightened enough to ' admit ships.
They Induce their representatives in
Congress to procure an appropriate1!
for a survey and report by the Board
of Engineers as a first step to having
the work done. The engineers come
and find a struggling settlement wait
ing for Uncle Sam to find a way out
for the wealth they are waiting to
develop. The engineers shut their
eyes to the commerce which a harbor
Improvement would create and report
that there is no commerce and that
therefore the harbor is not worthy of
improvement.
The fact that .there has been an
ocean-shipping lumber mill at Van
couver is reasonable ground for pre
suming that, if it were made access
ible to ships, another would be built.
Yet the Government makes no chan
nel because there Is no mill, and the
lumbermen build, no mill because
there Is no channel. It is the same
old circular ' argument which held
back Central Oregon for decades.
-If the engineers would look around
the "world, they would see that the
making of a port creates commerce.
When the Danes Invaded England and
sailed up the Thames they found that
river wandering over endless mud
flats, and they had difficulty In forc
ing their warships up the shallow and
tortuous main channel, although those
warships were not much larger than
a good-sized gasoline launch. They
took the city and then straightened
and deepened the channel by means
of embankments, some of which are
In use to this day. The Danes in the
tenth century were progressive.
The gTeat ports of the world have
vaaa rna4e where no porta were ba
for. XJvarpool ft XJhicf vUUxs J
when tho work of Improvement began
which has made It one of the world's
greatest cities. Half a century ago
the Clyde at Glasgow was a mere
creek t cross which a 10-year-old boy,
with his trousers rolled up to his
knees, could wade at low tldo without
wetting his clothes. The Tyne at
Newcastle was little better. Hamburg
has a channel many miles up . the
River Elbe, which has had to-' be
dredged again and again that that
city of a million people might not bo
cut off from the sea. Shall the United
States show any less foresight and
faith In tho future than these Old
World countries? '
Tho Board of Army Engineers has
been traveling In a rut and needs a
severe Jar to take it out of that rut
and put It on the broad road of prog
ress. If It Is tied down by regulations;
as are so many Government bureaus,
either the Chief of Engineers or the
Secretary of War ought to change
those regulations. The most essential
change Is that the board should base
Its decision as to the advisability of
an Improvement, not on tho amount of
commerce, actually existing, but on the
amount which la capable of develop
ment through tho making of the Im
provement. Then the board will be
an aid to development, Instead of an
obstacle.. '
riXAXClAJL XKVTRAUTT.
Warhas become a costly gams.
At the present rata of progress It
promises In the near future to absorb
so much of the world's resources ac
tually needed for other purposes that
It may cease fw lack of sustenance.
That the cause of peace may thus be
enhanced by economic conditions,
where sentiment and brotherly love
have falkod. Is dally becoming more
apparent' Mr. James Speyer, of the
New Tork and European banking
house of Speyer Co., in an address
before tho National Peace Conference
at Baltimore, said: "If no financial
assistance could be obtained from the
outside, few nations would incur the
peril of bankruptcy. Some wars would
certainly last a much shorter time."
By thus" placing the war problem on
a financial basis it would be impossible
for small, weak nations to stir up
trouble and drag larger and stronger
nations Into It.
The difficulty of some "peppery"
nation, over-ready to engage in war, in
securing the necessary funds under tho
proposed "financial neutrality plan" is
explained by Mr.. Speyer In this
statement: "Wo find today in Eu
rope that in time of peace cer
tain ' governments will not allow
their bankers to place foreign loans In
the home market unless tho purposes
for which tho loan is to bo used are
known and approved, and at least part
of tho proceeds are used by tho bor
rowing nation for expenditures in
markets of the lending nation." Ger
many has recently made loans to Tur
key in which it is reported the condi
tion was made that Turkey should
spend a certain amount of the money
In purchasing battleships from Ger
many. Nearly ,every other European
nation has probably had similar ex
periences and enforced, or at least at
tempted to enforce, coiiimerclal rules
designed to place the borrowing na
tion at the mercy of tho lender In trade
as well as In finance. With the inter
national lenders of money thus exer
cising control over the uses to which
tho money shall be put after it la bor
rowed, it would not be a very difficult
matter for the principal nations of
the world to adopt similar tactics ia
the war game.
Modern warfare Is subh an expen
sive diversion that no country of any
prominence can engage in it without
spending vast sums of money. - This
money, when used for war, must be
taken out of the legitimate channels
of trade. Its removal cannot fall to
have an effect not only on tho country
directly involved, but on other coun
tries. Every war of any consequence
eliminates forever a certain amount
of capital the removal of which af
fects the economic system of the
world. This effect, of course, is great
est where the contestants clash, but
the ripples in lessening force reach
round the world. Perhaps If we can
get this unnecessary warfare on a
financial basis, it can bo done away
with.
Japan, for example. Is strutting
around with a chip on the shoulder,
although she has not yet recovered
from the awful financial losses of her
past wars. Under a financial neutral
ity pact Japan would be unable to se
cure any more money with which to
fjarry on a war, and In consequence
would have more to spend in develop
ing the land and Improving the condi
tion of her people.
There are a great many details of
this peace plan yet to be worked out.
and It may be only a dream of the
future. But. based on the financial
experience of tho powers Involved.
it is not an Impossibility.
A PBXM1XJ3M OF VFSTrTRDAr, TODAY
and roiurvEJt.
From China comes tho news and
old news It Is, seemingly a story with
out end of the unsheltered nakedness
and Unappeased hunger of thousands
of starving human, creatures; from
Japan we hear of shivering wretched
ness and famine, in the clutch of
which thousands of the subjects of the
Mikado cowex too abject, too nearly
spent to make moan' of misery or mo
tion for relief; from Russia the wail
of the oppressed Jews comes, the rabbi
in every populous center of oh coun
try pleading for relief for these most
unfortunate creatures of his race. '
Crowded, Dr. Wise of this city tells
us, within -a restricted pale of resi
dence; literally herded together; al
lowed to pursue only a few callings;
debarred from agriculture, excluded
from universities, technical schools
and high schools; forbidden to estab
lish schools, for their own use every
indignity and persecution that minds
trained in the black arts of tyranny
can invent these people suffer at tho
hands of the Russian government.
More than half the people ef the
world live under the conditions above
noted. The sufferers In the ranks of
penury, of governmental injustice, of
hopelessness, are not confined to
China, Japan and Russia. Conditions
trenching constantly upon want, stop
ping only short of famine, prevail in
many other sections of the world, and
Include tens of thousands of toilers
who ask only work whereby to live. '
The Intelligent sympathy of tho
world is enlisted in behalf of these
starvelings and strugglers of the hu
man race and the hand of benevo
lence, supported by thrift. Is periodi
cally stretched out to relieve their
most pressing needs. More than this
It Is Impossible to do. since want, un
relieved by the possibility of helf-help.
la a thins; of tomorrow as well as of
toOv. l i eoodiUoft of ths fuiura
as well as of the past, which but tem
porary relief can reach.
As a drop in the ocean of this surg
ing, self-perpetuating mass of, human
misery are tho contributions of well
endowed philanthropy. As a breath
upon tho wind is the great volume of
human sympathy that pities. . and
would fain relieve this misery. "
' Duty and humanity urge, that tem
porary relief bo extended to these suf
fering thousands and "response comes
full-handed to the appeal from time
to time. Tet tho hopelessnes of It all
without a change of environment, and
the Impossibility of securing such a
change as would prove beneficial to
these people without 'proving detrl
.tnonta. In a jrreater or lesser degree,
to thousands who now abide in plenty
through the work of their hands and
the opportunities given for this work
In our, own land, are also apparent.
Self-help here, as elsewhere, is the
only solution of this problem.- and to
prescribe this In the case of downtrod
den,' oppressed. Industrially clrcum-
scribed Jews of Russia; the sodden
human mass-of the famine-stricken in
China and the suffering, multitudes,
naked,' forlorn and hungry in Japan,
but mocks the misery of which It
takes note. See'mlngly tho most that
can bo done Is to do here a little and
there a little for tho temporary relief
of conditions so Justly .deplorable, so
harrowing even la contemplation, and
leave to the slow but sure processes
of evolution the solution of-the prob
lem which, as history tells, confronted
the world of far-away yesterday.
- The first indication of a possible
check upon the arbitrary rule of Dem
ocrats in our Republican, state Is seen
In tho resignation of H. H. Corey as
chief clerk under the newly appointed
Secretary of State. This is a serious
menace to the carefully matured plans
of Secretary Olcott whereby he hoped,
with the loyal assistance of Governor
West, to succeed himself In the office
he holds by appointment, when the
time comes for the election of Secre
tary of State. Another break In tho
programme Is Indicated by the refusal
of the State Printer to accept an arbi
trary scaling of printing rates fixed by
law by tho executive office. Execu
tives can play politics, but It does not
follow that they can always win the
game. All eo far has been plain sail
ing Tor Goffernor West. But It is not
unlikely that some backing and filling
will be necessary in managing tho ship
of state before he is through with tho
pilot's Job "
The Hessian fly, that time-honored
friend of the bull operators In the Chi
cago wheat pit, has appeared at Van
couver, Wash. The wheat crop in the
vicinity of Vancouver has not amount
ed to much since tho Hudson's Bay
Company went out of business several
decades ago. but if this famous wheat
eater is determined to locate in the
West,-Vancouver Is undoubtedly as de
sirable a place as any. The fact that
the appearance of the Hessian fly at
Vancouver caused no fierce fluctua
tions in prices In Chicago yesterday
Indicates considerable knowledge of
geography In tho wheat pit. Wash
ington Is a great wheat state; Vancou
ver is In Washington; the Hessian fly
is In Vancouver. In these facts we
can readily see possibilities for the
wheat pit to get quite a scare if it were
not known that Vancouver Is In the
prune belt, and not in the wheat dis
trict. In the opinion of Dr. Calvin S.
White, state health officer, the Wil
lamette River from Eugene to its Junc
tion with the Columbia is an open
sewer, tho foulness of which accounts
for tho scarcity of fish In its lower
waters. He has plans for the purifi
cation of this sewer by disinfecting
sewage. This plan will bo urged, pre
sumably, regaTdless of expense. The
problem is a big one, calling for great
engineering skill and the expenditure
of vast sums of money. In the mean
time, if the thirsty will make use of
tho sense with which they are sup
posed to be endowed and refrain from
drinking from this open sewer, they
will render the heralded vileness of the
waters of "Beautiful Willamette"
harmless to this extent without appeal
to the taxpayers to make them so.
According to Sir . Donald Mann, of
McKenzle, Mann &. Co., founders of
tho Canadian Railway and owners of
Its common Btocks, the three north
western provinces of Canada will this
year have an increase in population of
between 400.000 and 500,000. The In
crease of settlers In these three prov
inces last year was 300,000. There
Is no perceptible movement of Ameri
cans across the border noted in the
undulations of this human wave. As
seen la the colonist movement to the
Pacific Northwest, Americans have
awakened to tho fact that large areas
await settlement south of . the Cana
dian border where the climate is not
nearly so rigorous and the lands are
equally productive with those of Can
ada, if not la wheat in. a wide variety
of products.
The death of Samuel V. Laughlin,
a Yamhill County pioneer of 1847, at
the home of his son, E. R. Laughlin,
In Wheeler County, on April 22, re
calls many gallant deeds of worthy
citizens "in the brave days of old." Mr.
Laughlin was one of a company of
volunteers enlisted under Captain Levi
Ankeny and sent out against pap tain
Jack and his band, who menaced
with extinction the settlers of tho bor
der In ' Oregon and Washington In
1 S3 5-5 6. His valor as scout and upon
the ' battlefield was often proven, as
were also his sterling qualities as a
citizen in times of peace. His life rec
ord of more than three quarters of a
century is without -stain of public or
private neglect of duty.
. The other day a woman employed as
cock in a logging camp recovered
damages for being kicked by a horse.
It was an ungallant act that of the
horse but la extenuation It may be
said the animal was very old and pos
sibly -got the Idea from listening to the
boarders.
The legal department of a railway
having decided there is no way to cor
rect the waybill If hen lays an egg
while in transit, tho problem Is up to
scientists to determine if there is ex
cess of weight. t $ , '
Rain seems to be falling Just when
needed since Colonel Hofer quit tho
Job of Chief Rainmaker.
Today is a day of
rather, tonight will be.
surprises, or.
Lacking rain, the city will be very
dry this afternoon.
Let the count tonight fee hastened to
trtUova anxiety.
THE RECORD OF MB. RrfiHLIGHT.
It Skows He Ia Inconsistent and In
competent, Says IV el tabor.
PORTLAND. May 6. (To the Ed
itor.) Mr. Rushlight's official news-!
paper organ has been boosting him as
the only shining light on the political
horlson. At the same time it has per
sistently lambasted both of .his oppo
nents 1n the Mayoralty race. There
are two sides- to every question, "and
being a lover of fair play I would like
to see Justice done.
I am a taxpayer In the ,Seventh and
Eighth wards. I have been a resident
of the Seventh ward for the past 18
years and ,was acquainted with Mr.
Rushlight before he started into- busi
ness for himself. I have always given
him his' Just dues and will continue to
do so, but there are' a few things . T
think the public should, know before
they decide to vote for or against Mr.
Rushlight.
In the first' place. Mr. Rushlight is
inconsistent. He does not stick to
what he says he will do; furthermore,
Mr. Rushlight Is a persistent office
seeker and holder. We elected him
Councilman from the Seventh ward,
which position he has held down for
the past six years, despite the fact that
he ran for the office of Assessor at4
was defeated. He also ran for the
Legislature and was elected with a
good majority, but he failed to qualify.
Why? Mr. Rushlight states that it
was because on of the East Side clubs
desired him to do so, but' at whose
suggestion? Mr. Rushlight did not wish
to qualify for personal reasons. Has
Mr.. Rushlight ever framed up 8, law
on any subject for the benefit of the
people? If not. why not? Probably It
ia because (as he told me) he is not a
"parliamentlclan" and has not the
command of language properly to word
a law that would stick. He has per
sistently refused to come before the
people arid talk. Why? Anyone who
is personally acquainted with Mr.
Rushlight knows that the flowing
language and beautiful phrases used in
his accusations against others and his
glowing accounts of what he himself
has done for the benefit of the city are
not the language he naturally uses.
He is Incapable of it.
a a o
Mr. Rushlight is all right as a Coun
cilman, but as executive of a city of
250,000 people he is not qualified prop
erly to safeguard the Interests of the
taxpayers. Through his Ignorance of
parliamentary law it would be almost
impossible , for him to control his
Counailmen,' seme of whom could tie
him into a knot In short order and
pass such laws as would Involve the
City of Portland into the millions. This
Is my principal reason for not wishing
to see him elected Mayor.
In the second place, I think Mr.
Rushlight Is claiming more than Is
coming to him In regard to the vaca
tion of a portion of Oregon and Adams
streets for warehouffe purposes for the
railroad company. He asserts that he
alone saved' the city. I am afraid Mr.
Rushlight's hat is getting far too small
for him. He was not the only man
who voted against that steal. Lorn-
bard. Baker, Concannon, Ellis and
Kubll voted against it. These gentle
men ail voted against it. Suppose any
of these Councilmen had changed their
minds and gone over to the other side,
could Mr. Rushlight have stopped
them? Tet he takes all the credit Is
this fair?
a o
Now'l wish to state right here that
Mr. Rushlight engineered several Jobs
In the street-vacating line in our own
ward, tne of which was the vacation
of East Thirteenth, East Fourteenth
and Taggart streets, and between them
to the railroad track for the benefit of
the Star Drilling Company at a valua
tion of $1000; think of it, about 500 feet
of streets for $20 per foot. After
being passed by the Council, Mayor
Lane vetoed the measure on account
of the protests of the people, but all
the same the Council under the leader
ship of Rushlight overruled the veto
and gave away the city property.
Furthermore, Mr. Rushlight has been
derelict in his duty to the people of
the Seventh Ward by allowing the
streetcar company and the paving com
pany to tear up Milwaukee from Haw
thotf e to far beyond the Brooklyn
school, so that It has been impassable
for over a year and caused no end of
trouble and Inconvenience not only to
the merchants on the street who could
not get anywhere near their stores
with wagon loads of goods, but to the
residents in that locality. This same
trouble occurred In Clinton and Powell
streets, which has been constantly torn
up for one 'thing and another. This
order of things could have been elimi
nated greatly had Mr. Rushlight at
tended to his duties as Councilman.
.
I have been given to understand
through reliable sources that If Mr.
Rushlight is defeated at the primaries
he will come out again for the
Council from the Seventh Ward on an
Independent ticket and Dr. Lane will
run on an Independent ticket for Mayor..
If this should happen there will be
some fun galng on. What we want is
a Mayor who Is consistent and fear
less, whose honor and Integrity are
above reproach and who will give us
a good clean administration and reduce
taxation. W. H. GORDON.
TREATMENT OF COURT WITNESSES.
Law, If Enforced, Would Protect Them
From Indignities.
H1LLSBORO, Or., May 3. (To the
Editor.) The editorial In The Oregon
Ian of today on the subject of the Mary
land courts adopting rules to protect
witnesses was appropriate, but rather
Inadequate. The situation warrants
much stronger treatment. If the pen
alty Is to fit the crime.
The laws of Oregon are suffic'entv
however, 'without any rules. Section
871 of Lord's Oregon Laws provides,
among other things, that "It is the
right of a witness to be protected from
irrelevant, insulting, or' improper, ques
tions, and from harsh or insulting de
meanor." If courts would enforce this
plain provision , the abuse would soon
cease.
As the editorial suggests, the lawyer
of humane and gentlemanly instincts
makes a searching examination of the
case without resorting to the boorish
aal brutal treatment so often accorded
to witnesses and parties In court. The
dignity 'of the profession would cer
tainly be promoted if all attorneys
could remember that a certificate of
admission to the bar was not a license
to Indulge In ruffianism under protec
tion of a court of Justice.
Courts have ample power to correct
the evil by fine and imprisonment for
contempt. If need be and thus promote
the orderly administration of Justice.
BENTON BOWMAN.
Orefron Divorce Law.
PORTLAND. May 2. (To the Edi
tor,) Suppose a husband and wife
separate. The man has property,
bought with his money. In his name.
The woman has property, bought with
her money, in her name. If the wo-'
man obtains the divorce how is the
property divided by Oregon law?
A SUBSCRIBER. .
The court In granting a divorce has
the rigrht to award the personal prop
erty of couples getting divorces as
the court may think proper, giving the
preference, according , to the require
ments of the state law, to the one to
whom the decree is granted. Concern
ing the disposal of real estate in
divorce eases, section 511, of Lord's
Code of Oregon makes the following
definite, provision:
T'The party at whose prayer such
decree shall be made, shall In ail cases
be entitled to rhe undivided one-third
part In his or her right In fee of the
whole of the real estate owned by the
ctatr at the time of the decree,"
Timely Tales of the Day
"What a difference there is in Canada
and the United States in the manner of
the newsboys," said Harold Wayne, at
the postoffice yesterday. He had just
arrived from a trip to Vancouver a.ud
Victoria, B. C. .
He continued: "I got up in the morn
ing and went down on the street tor a
little stroll In Victoria. I was crossing
to the other side when a little fellow
about 9 years old approached me at a
walk. He caught my eye and looking
up with all the courtesy of a lord said,
'Good morning, sir, what a fine morn
ing; would you not desire to purchase
a morning paper today, sir?' He held
up the paper in his. right hand so that I
could See the top half of the front
page.
"I pulled out a handful of small coins,
and, finding a nickel, dropped it Into
his palm. Putting the coin into his
pocketbook he said. "I thank you
heartily, sir. I wish you a pleasant
good day,- and he walked In a business-like
manner to the next pedes
trian. He was not in the least excitedyj
and took plenty of time.
"When I got on the train In Seattle,
I was actually attacked 'by a mob of
newsboys anxious to sell me a paper.
They fell over each other and all cried
at me same time, .Buy a paper, mister;
why don't you buy a paper? Aw, gwan
and buy a paper."
"As I had bought a paper on the train
I did not get. one from the newsboys,
and I overheard one little fellow chirp,
'Aw, he's a cheap guy, dat's what.' "
Attorney John F. Logan frequently
spends an hour or so In the evening at
his law office in the Mohawk building,
poring over his law books and mentally
digesting various knotty points of law.
While so engaged one evening recently
his grave ponderlngs were interrupted
several times by the ringing of the
Home telephone.
Each time the bell ranathe attorney
laid down the fat tome he was studying
and took up the receiver, but there was
no response to his inquiring "hello," al
though once he was quite certain he
heard a peculiar sort of chuckling noise.
Rather absent-mindedly he continued
to pore over his books and answer the
Intermittent tinkles of the bell, until
it occurred to him that there must be
some trouble with the wire.
He was Just upon the point of picking
up the instrument and ringing A 64,
the trouble number, when there was an
other tinkle of the bell. This time there
was a response to his rather impatient
"hello," in a sweet, apologetic feminine
voice.
"I beg your pardon," came the words
over the wire, T am very sorry If you
have been annoyed. The baby climbed
up on the hall seat and has been play
ing with the phone!"
Mr. Logan nas a winsome little lassie
of his own, and instantly his frown
vanished, giving place to his broad,
sympathetic smile.
"Bless its little heart!" he said.
While in Portland for a ehort visit
a few days' ago, Glenn O. Hoi man, of
Polk County, told this story on County
Judge Cleeton:
"It was at the session of the Legisla
ture In 1895. and Mr. Cleeton was a
member. I was there as a member of
the 'third house."
"One day, for a pastime, the third
house formally organized, and I was
elected Speaker. Mr. Cleeton, although
a member of the Legislature proper.
I was Induced to become a member of
the mock organization of the third
house.
"At a prellmlnay session of the
house Air. Cleeton arose with some dig
nity, and, addressing the chair, said:
" "Mr. Speaker, I rise for informa
tion.' " Tt has been quite evident for a
long time that you are sorely in need
of much information, and therefore you
are entitled to it,' was the reply he re
ceived. 'What do you want to know?'
"The laughter that followed this was
so deafening that Mr. Cleeton was
forced to subside, and to this day I
never have learned what Information
he wanted."
Phil Metschan, of the Imperial Hotel,
asserts that in Salem there Is a 4-year-old
lad who should be recognized In
some way by the leaders of Democracy
throughout the country. The father, a
staunch Republican, talks with consid
erable emphasis upon political parties.
One day the 4-year-old heard his fath
er discoursing with a neighbor as to
the political qualifications of a neigh
bor. Finally the father In a sort of exas
perated way concluded his comment
with regard to the man in question by
saying:
"Good Lord, he Is a Democrat."
The lad when he was at Sunday
school the next day was met with the
question put by the teacher as: "Who
is the Lord?"
He called for hands up of the class of
4-year-olds who could answer this very
Important question.. Not a lad put up
his hand and Johnny rather than have
his class be known as one which could
not answer such a question finally
raised bis hand.
The teacher, noting It, said: "Can
you answer the question, Johnny?"
"Yep."
"Well, then, Johnny stand up and
face the class and tell them."
Johnny stood up, faced his playmates
and remembering the words of his fath.
er, said:
"The Lord Is a Democrat."
Herd Law In Multnomah.
HILLSDALE, Dr.. May 2. To the
Editor.) Is there a herd law for Mult
nomah County? " Can any person take
up stock that is running In the road?
When the same stock have bells on
can neighbors take off the same r
cause the owners to do so?
A. READER.
Animals found running at large in
Multnomah County west of the Sandy
River may be taken up by any person,
who must, post three notices in public
places near where the animal is found,
and advertise the estray In one issue
of a weekly paper. The law makes no
provision concerning the removal of a
bell from an animal.
New Jersey Feela Bnalneaa-Llke.
New York Press.
Here is a sign posted in front of the
office of a transfer company in one of
the Oranges, N. J.: "Baggage Called for
and Delivered to All Parts of the
Known World."
Half a Century Ago
From tho Oregoriian. May 6, 1861.
The theater was crowded with our
citizens on Saturday .evening to hear
speeches In defense of the sentiment
of Senator Douglas that "if Is the duty
of all patriotic citizens to sustain the
President in all constitutional -efforts
to preserve the Union, to maintain the
Government and to protect the F'jdral
Capital." Mr. Henry, of Yamhill, made
a speech of an hour and a half in sup
port of the principles laid down by
Douglas. He was followed- by J. H.
Mitchell and G. B. Curry in appropriate
speeches. It was manifest that 99 of
every 100 persons present were for
energetic measures to preserve the
Union and the Government against the
Vandals now leagued against it.
We are having unusual and haavy
rains. The roads In the country are
becoming bad. They are scarcely bel -ter
than they were In the Winter; but
the weather is pushing on the grain
cross
Advertising Talks
By William C Freeman.
I ran across In New York the other
day Mr. Casalus Bagley, of Bagley &
Co., Duluth, Minn.
We discussed advertising, of course.
Mr. Bagley made the statement that
he would be willing to pay his local
newspapers more than double hia prea
ent rate If they were more careful
about the kind - of advertising they
printed and If they insisted on their
advertisers exercising greater care in
the preparation of their copy.
This is something for the local news
papers in Duluth and a great many
other cities in the United States to
think about.
Then we discussed advertising copy.
I asked Mr. Bagley if he wrote his
own copy. He said he did most of the
time, although frequently the local
newspaper men helped him out.
Then he said:
"I have been thinking about my ad
vertising copy a lot. I am accounted
a pretty good salesman that is. when
I wait upon people in ray store I talk
to them about the merchandise they '
are seeking, Its quality, the service it
will give, etc. I talk to them Just as
I am talking to you, and generally
effect a sale.
"I have been wondering whether I
should not make my advertisements
a phonograph., of my salesmanship
talk."
Of course that Is the way to adver
tise. There Is nothing freakish about
advertising It is simply putting your
personal talk into printed words.
The nearer you can get your words
to represent yon as a salesman, the
better It will be, and the greater re
aults will your advertisements brlns.
(To Be Continued.)
Country Town Sayings by Ed Howe
Copyright. 1911. by George Matthew Aaams.
It is said a certain woman Is so
cold that she rusts the pins In her
clothes.
One of the most serious things In
life is to offend a friend. There are
so few who are kind and considerate
of our feelings, that you should not
offend them. Someone has been your
admirer for years. If you offend him,
it cuts deep, and he mourns in secret.
Don't do itl Be as good to people
generally as you can, but above every
thing else, be considerate and appreci
ative of your friends.
Nothing makes a man so mad as
hints from his wife that she cant go
away on a visit without tying him to
a bedpost.
A drunkard's wife has a pretty hard
time, but she Is only In the kinder
garten of trouble compared with the
woman whose husband uses morphine.
Ever notice that those who become
noted in the world are usually hard
workers?
Some people are thrifty, and others
are shiftless. There does not seem to
be any help for it.
A strain of worthless blood will not
run out In ten generations, while a
strain of good blood is liable to run
but In a single generation.
If you behave yourself, your terri
tory constantly increases.
Lots of things go on that you don't
know about.
The ushers at a theater always beg
off when there Is a lecture.
SPECIAL FEATURES
OF
TOMORROW'S
OREGONIAN
Steelworkers, and their daily
gamble with death, is told of in a
graphic illustrated page. It is of
especial local interest, dealing
with the construction of the new
12-story Wilcox building at Sixth
and Washington streets.
Special Fiction Short stories
by Cleveland Moffett and Sewell
Ford. Complete in the Sunday
issue.
Colonel Crowe, Wallace Irwin's
latest character, deals in a mildly
cynical and 'decidedly humorous
vein with the gentle topic of
peace. You will like the ColoneL
Uncle Sam has had a tough
problem trying to infuse a little
civilization into some of his wild
and wooly wards in the Philip
pines. His latest and most suc
cessful coup is with moving-picture
machines. Half page, with
unusual photos.
A woman has pitted her wit
against royal pride in a unique
contest in Europe. The stake is
nothing less than the Austrian
throne. Truth-again outdoes fic
tion in this article by Henry
Carslake.
J. B. Horner recently spent a
day with the poet, Joaquin Mil
ler. He presents his experiences
and impressions in a delightful
half -page article, fully illus
trated. In the Turret of the Monitor
is the Civil War installment. It
is a graphic story of a stirring
fight, and told by the officer who
commanded the Monitor's turret
in the fight.
Cap Anson winds up his base
ball reminiscences. The Widow
Wise has an adventure in Naples.
Mr. Twee Deedle evolves some
snake magic for the children.
Sambo gets back to Australia.
Two children's pages, depart
mens for women, and ALL THE
NEWS, right up to the minute.